The NYGASP cabaret act "I've Got A Little Twist" had its first performance last night and we killed! Slaughtered! Mutilated! Ate the corpses of the newly-deceased and instantly acquired all their heroic attributes! We were great! And NERVOUS? - oy, all six of us agreed we hadn't had such nerves in years! Still, it wasn't a totally disagreeable feeling, and it made us perform EVEN BETTER.
The audience entered the intimate theater in a grumbly mood - problems with the seating kept some people standing out in the cold more than ten minutes, delaying the curtain by more than fifteen, but that is presumably an opening night thing. One guy who did unfortunately make it to his seat was the old fellow dead center right in front of the stage who got up and started laboriously putting on his coat as soon as we had closed our mouths in the final number, and who seemed oblivious that we were trying to accept our applause around him. I assume the two drink minimum was just too much for him. But the rest of the audience LOVE, LOVE, LOVED IT and was very generous with the laffs and claps. My kids (10 and 13) enjoyed the entire thing!
Remaining performances will be of even more superior quality and will take place Sundays, January 11 and 18, at 5, and Thursday, the 15th, at 7. Here's where to get further info at the NYGASP website. $30 - $40. Cash only. Cash for the hard goods, cash for the soft goods.
If you're here for further info about me, as promised in the program, click on "ABOUT," on your left under my 'Lecter' photo.
Quite a wonderful show!
Posted by: Brian | January 11, 2009 at 10:41 PM
You were ALL superb.
The space is certainly problematic.
But it IS NYC after all, and we all hopefully accept the limitations of the venue.
You are all AMAZINGLY talented, and I had a terrific time.
Congratulations and I applaud your dedication to G&S, and tweaking them a bit for the 21st century.
Your voices and SPIRITS were inspiring!!
I do think that people with canes or elderly people should have been seated first, not left standing on the staircase, or outside. Get it TOGETHER house management!!!
Congrats again, and best wishes,
Jeremy
Posted by: Jeremy | January 19, 2009 at 01:21 PM
Additionally, that theater seems like a bit of a fire trap. There are no exits backstage.
Thanks, we all had a really fun time doing that show. There's one more performance at the same theater February 22.
Posted by: Stephen Quint | January 19, 2009 at 02:41 PM