The Duke Theater
229 W 42nd St
646.223.3010
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Orpheus X
- When
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Dec 3, 2009 – Dec 20, 2009
Tuesdays (8pm)
Wednesdays (2 & 8pm)
Thursdays–Fridays (8pm)
Saturdays (2 & 8pm)
Sundays (3pm)
- Where
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- Price
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$75
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Writer/composer Rinde Eckert’s Orpheus X refracts the familiar myth through a postmodern, post-feminist lens. The production, directed by Robert Woodruff, is simple: three singer/actors, a four-piece live band, and a spare set transformed by Denise Marika’s evocative video. In this version, Orpheus and Eurydice are middle-aged with careers — he's a rock star, she's an obscure poet — and their one connection comes when his cab strikes her on a rainy night. Orpheus slides into a deep depression over the fatal accident, becoming so obsessed that he resolves to bring her back from the dead. The question of whether she needs rescuing, however, is the crux of Eckert's interpretation, with this Eurydice taking fate into her own hands.
