Little Shop of Horrors

Tell me if this sounds familiar. There’s this thing in the middle of the room, and it’s growing. In fact, it’s consuming everything in sight. First it’s the size of a beaver, then of a Doberman Pinscher, and finally the size of a Volkswagen. And there’s this nervous, nerdy, nebbishy little guy who keeps feeding it. He knows it’s wrong to feed the thing but he does it anyway, because it is making him famous and popular and if he doesn’t keep feeding it, he won’t be famous and popular any more. [Read more...]

Taffety Punk’s free bootleg of King John is tonight

Today, Taffety Punk continues its annual tradition of bootleg performances when the company plus friends gather for the one and only rehearsal of tonight’s single performance of William Shakespeare’s King John. As Folger’s box office opens at noon to distribute the night’s free tickets, the cast members, their lines memorized, director, choreographer and designers will be onstage, fashioning the play which will go up at 7pm. [Read more...]