Lucille Lortel Theatre
121 Christopher St
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Coraline, Photo: Joan Marcus
- When
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May 7, 2009 – July 5, 2009
Tuesdays–Wednesdays (7pm)
Thursdays–Fridays (8pm)
Saturdays (2 & 8pm)
Sundays (3pm)
- Where
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- Price
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$59
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It's no fluke that beloved songwriter Stephin Merritt chose to set Neil Gaiman's book-turned-movie Coraline to music. The darkly droll circumstances of a young girl's foray into a parallel world populated by "other parents" and performing rats is natural fodder for Merritt, who counts among his considerable credits a career with the Gothic Archies and Magnetic Fields. Adapted with David Greenspan for an older audience — a departure from the animated film version — Merritt's take features a slyly somber score, serving as a moody undertow to a production that's often as congenial as it is gothic or arch. It's also served markedly well by casting against type, including a middle-aged woman (Jayne Houdyshell) in the lead role as young Coraline, and a man (Greenspan) as a mother — of sorts.
