Posted by Fetch Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:30:00 GMT
Looking around the packed Saturday night house for Help Me, Help Myself, I felt nervous, even though I wasn’t on stage myself I could feel the queasy excitement as the lights went down. How would New Yorkers react to seeing themselves parodied on stage? Would they sympathize with Becky, struggling to make it as a waitress cum actress cum guru? Would they laugh? Would they get it?
Read more...Posted by Fetch Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:00:00 GMT
The flood’s over! Help Me will open tonight as planned and will be preceded by a preview of On the Leesh’s upcoming film What Are the Odds? To see the show and get a first look at the film come check us out November 10th-19th at the Looking Glass Theatre.
Posted by Fetch Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:00:00 GMT
I heard the door wedged open from the inside. Ducking my head I entered the mysterious lobby of the Looking-Glass Theatre where the cast and crew for Jenna Bans’ Help Me, Help Myself was doing their last run-through before previews. Light cascaded over Marina Kotovnikov, who plays Claire, as she laughingly tried on a dangerously short, checked skirt (she decided against it in the end, so don’t get any ideas). Behind her a cascade of checked tiles picked up a purple wash, a colorful wonderland of a set with ever unfolding, er, I should say ballooning ideas. Blow-up furniture is a central feature of Diana Whitten’s design, it separates the dream world of Help Me from the daily grind that its main characters struggle to evade or deny outright. At one point a particularly saggy blow-up sofa becomes a character in and of itself, reminiscent of that ancient futon essential to every college dorm.
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