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The Love Show presents Hollywood Honeymoon  The Love Show presents Hollywood Honeymoon 

Fri December 21st, 2012

8:00PM

Main Space

Minimum Age: 18+

Doors Open: 7:00PM

Show Time: 8:00PM

Event Ticket: $20/$25/$30

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After the last six years’ sold-out runs, Nutcracker: Rated R returns to Le Poisson Rouge for four nights only!
 
Nutcracker: Rated R cracks open the heart of the classic children’s ballet to uncover drugs, sex, family secrets and all the other delights that make the Holidays so special. Little ballerina Clara is now a rebellious teen. Her disdain for her bourgeois family is challenged when her uncle Drosselmeyer takes her back in time to early 1980s New York. There, she discovers the seamy underground club scene and her family’s untold history. Echoes of the original Tchaikovsky score mix with contemporary, unexpected beats to complement a range of movement from ballet to breakdance and burlesque. Ms. Harriell’s interpretation is a dark, witty and satirical homage to (and cautionary tale about) the excesses of nightlife.
 
Nutcracker: Rated R debuted at Theater for the New City (Crystal Filed, Artistic Director), as part of TNC’s presenting program. It played at TNC for four holiday seasons, before moving to American Theatre of Actors in 2010. Last year, the show moved to Le Poisson Rouge, where it thrilled the standing-room-only crowds.
 
Critics and celebrities have raved about Nutcracker: Rated R for the past six years:
 
Nutcracker was great, very impressive!” — Moby
 
… roguishly flirtatious… [Blow Fairies] cannily sustained the idea of a cocaine-fest, with its characters going through the giddy ups and miserable downs of drug intake…” — Alistair Macaulay, The New York Times
 
… it’s extraordinary. It’s a wonderful, theatrical accomplishment.” — F. Murray Abraham
 
… hilariously kinky… distinctly twisted… holiday fare.” — Ruth La Ferla, The New York Times
 
Naughty & nice” — Leigh Witchel, The New York Post
 
It sure isn’t your New York City Ballet Nutcracker, but it’s a hell of a lot more fun… classic elegance peppered with contemporary grit.” — Kerri Allen, Backstage.com
 
…the brilliant Angela Harriell…could be the next Susan Stroman.” — Richmond Shepard, Performing Arts INSIDER, totaltheater.com and lively-arts.com
 
…there is pretty much no theatrical experience like The Love Show…Nutcracker Rated R was…an incredibly clever and at times poignant take on the classic ballet.” — Michael Roderick, BroadwayWorld.com
 
Angela Harriell has created a unique and intriguing work that is at once an elegant homage to Tchaikovsky’s original, a sly send up of New York in the 1980s and today, and a showcase for her considerable talents as a choreographer and dramatist and her cast as dancers and actors.” — Byrne Harrison, Stagebuzz.com
 
Choreography by Angela Harriell
Story Reimagined by Angela Harriell & David F. Slone, Esq.
Rhythm Gymnastics by Katrin “Lucy” Hoffmann of the 1996 German Olympic Team
Music Remixed by David F. Slone, Esq.
Cast to be announced

 

VIP Table Seating- $30
Table Seating- $25
Standing Room- $20

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TABLE SEATING POLICY
Table seating for all seated shows is reserved exclusively for ticket holders who purchase “Table Seating” tickets. By purchasing a “Table Seating” ticket you agree to also purchase a minimum of two food and/or beverage items per person. Table seating is first come, first seated. Please arrive early for the best choice of available seats. Seating begins when doors open. Tables are communal so you may be seated with other patrons. We do not take table reservations.
 
A standing room area is available by the bar for all guests who purchase “Standing Room” tickets. Food and beverage can be purchased at the bar but there is no minimum purchase required in this area.
 
All tickets sales are final. No refund or credits.

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The Love Show presents Hollywood Honeymoon 

THE LOVE SHOW is a theatrical dance company based in Brooklyn that combines cabaret, ballet, rock, comedy, burlesque and theater into creative performances all over the US and beyond. The Love Show has entertained all audiences, from high-profile celebrities and clientele to gritty downtown theatergoers and has rocked stages from Lebowskifest to The BBC gala. The Love Show was commissioned to create and perform original choreography for Banksy, Bacardi, Veuve Clicquot, Dom Perignon, Vogue Magazine, and more.
 

An active presence on the New York art scene, The Love Show was also awarded a week long residency with Chashama, and presented seven seasons of their very popular holiday show, “Nutcracker: Rated R”, which they also performed in Tokyo. The Love Show also has three other full length productions, “Dance Mayhem: A Grindhouse Ballet”, “SEVERED: The Tragic Loves of Frankenstein’s Monster” (premiered to a sold-out house at Highline Ballroom), and “Boomstick Ballet: A Bruce Campbell Dance Opera in 3 Acts”, which had its thrilling debut at Le Poisson Rouge during Comic Con 2015. The New York Post and many other publications have praised The Love Show, and The New York Times sent a reporter to exclusively follow the troupe’s exploits on Bastille Day.
 

“… hilariously kinky… distinctly twisted… holiday fare.”
– Ruth La Ferla, The New York Times
 

“… roguishly flirtatious…”
– Alistair Macaulay, The New York Times
 

“Naughty & nice.”
– Leigh Witchel, The New York Post
 

“…the always impressive director/choreographer/impresario Angela Harriell… manages to create some of the most eclectic performances out there.”
– Michael Roderick, BroadwayWorld.com
 

“…the brilliant Angela Harriell…could be the next Susan Stroman”
.- Richmond Shepard, Performing Arts INSIDER
 
The Love Show official site

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