Dear Readers,

Nostalgia for the '80s appears to be running high off-off Broadway. Last week we had an unconventional adaptation of the 1984 film The Karate Kid with It's Karate, Kid! The Musical, this week we find a parody of the John Hughes cult classic The Breakfast Club with You See Us As You Want To See Us...Reflections From the Breakfast Club.

For those of you who want to get into the holiday spirit, be sure to check out the many holiday theater offerings presented this season such as Personal Space Theatrics' musical production of Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol and a comic production of the same tale by Nosedive Productions, A Very Nosedive Christmas Carol.

Other new reviews include:

A Very Nosedive Christmas Carol, a new comedy adapted from Charles Dickens' story by James Comtois.

Arcadia, a revival of Tom Stoppard's story of love, loss, and the ephemeral nature of history.

Bokan, The Bad Hearted, the latest piece from Federico Restrepo’s dance/puppet/theatre company Loco 7, inspired by Amazonian indigenous myths, about the transformation of a society from matriarchy to patriarchy.

Conquest of the Universe, Charles Ludlam's 1967 retelling of Marlowe's epic masterpiece Tamburlaine.

The Hasty Heart, originally produced on Broadway in 1945 and subsequently made into a feature film starring Ronald Reagan, a touching comedy about a group of soldiers in a British Army hospital in Southeast Asia in the waning days of World War II.

The Pathological Passion Of The Christ, written and directed by Dario D'Ambrosi and inspired by D'Ambrosi's experience as an actor in Mel Gibson's controversial film.

You See Us As You Want To See Us...Reflections From the Breakfast Club, a comic tribute to the John Hughes classic 1980’s teen angst film with tunes from the original soundtrack and characters tweaked for comic effect.

Happy Theatergoing!

Joyce Wan
Editor

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