"Anathemaville"

[Michaelangelo]

This play is listed since Scott Williams is one of the actors in it.  He is the actor that does Baxter Stockman's voice in 4Kids TMNT.   So if you want to see him live in a play, check him out in "Anathemaville" as Leo Jones, the People Greeter.  

Here's more information about the play:  

ANATHEMAVILLE, an Epic Comedy
An absurdly entropic comedy that portrays the tragic reality that is the loss of identity and subjugation of Anytown, USA to an exponentially expanding corporate entity.

Written by Scott Venters
Directed by Jess McLeod
   

Opens Friday, September 2nd at 7:30pm
Runs September 2nd – September 18th
Wednesdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 7pm

At the Gene Frankel Theatre
24 Bond Street (at Lafayette) in NOHO Manhattan

Go to www.anathemaville.com or www.Ubermart.com for more info.

[Michaelangelo]

BackStage Review on "Anathemaville"




East   
      
   Off-Off Broadway September 14, 2005

Anathemaville

Reviewed By Michael Lazan
   

   
"Anathemaville"


Presented by the Orphanage at the Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond St., NYC, Sept. 2-18.

If you have any doubts about whether an artistic director should function as his own playwright, see "Anathemaville," presented by an impressive collective of young artists called the Orphanage.

Scott Venters' play is a delirious, intentionally offensive, intermittently smart, sometimes hilarious romp about workers in a Wal-Mart-like store that has, in effect, taken over a small town. The characters in the piece, beaten down by the monotony, uniformity, and corporate hype of the store (called Über-Mart), are pretty much types and stereotypes in various stages of extremis. They include a persnickety wannabe manager (Bernard), a Jesus freak (Darleen), an angry African American (Leo), a Dungeons & Dragons devotee (BJ), an obese manager (Bob), and a repressed gay man (Warren). The piece is somewhat framed by the demented relationship between the hopelessly inept David and the sadistic Kathleen.

For the first hour or so, the original tone lures you in, a bit in the manner of Christopher Durang or Nicky Silver at their most immature. Thereafter, Venters' sanctimoniousness and self-indulgence wear on the nerves. After three and a half hours, including a third act that is pointless, muddled, and completely infantile, it seemed this play needed to be shortened by half. Why didn't the artistic director convince the writer to make cuts? Oh, right.

Even during the third act, director Jess McLeod's fabulous actors were happy, focused, and loose. Scott Williams, who narrates the play as Leo, delivered his long monologues with wit and brio. Evan Rapp was spot-on as Bob, the manager more in love with his car than his wife. Peter Dixon was impressively irritating as Bernard. Sidney Austin held back nothing as the mad Kathleen.

Nickey Frankel's simple but pretty set, consisting largely of smartly designed cardboard cutouts of products, frames the play perfectly.



To go to the review check out: http://www.backstage.com/backstage/showguide/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001137051

Anyone going to try and go before this is over, please let us know!   I'd love to see some fan reviews and pictures if possable.