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Actors Playhouse
Category: Arts & Entertainment Performing Arts Performing Arts [Edit]
100 7th Ave S(between Grove St & Barrow St)
New York, NY 10014
Neighborhood: West Village
(212) 255-6452
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7 reviews for Actors Playhouse
7 reviews in English
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Review from Irene F.
3/25/2009
I totally dug Blood Type: Ragu! Fantastic one man show, and of course many kudos to Jane for hooking up the Yelpsters with our free tix! I'm Russian Jewish, but let me tell you, there's not all that much of a difference between us and the Italian immigrants. We love food and making people feel guilty, just with different accents.
Frank Ingrasciotta bounces skillfully between poignant and hilarious, capturing all those moments of family life that usually remain tucked behind closed doors. You thought no one could understand you, your crazy mother, your insane father, and your laconic siblings? Frank does, and he captures them with such honesty that you might wince a bit between your tears, be they from laughter, longing, or any other number of emotions that will come swirling up as he recollects his life, from childhood to marriage. Life, love, tears and family cross all nationalities. Go see Blood Type: Ragu...trust me, you'll understand. -
Review from Bill S.
3/20/2009
I popped my Yelp cherry by going to my first Yelp event, Yay!
Last minute thing, a free play in NYC? Recession, shmession! My lady Jane put out on Events she has free tickets for an Italian guy on stage talking about his crazy Italian family? I can relate being Italian so I'm off to see an Broadway Show called Blood Type: Ragu. It talks about writer/actor Frank Ingrasciotta's Sicilian / American immigrant family experience.
From Penn station I took the 1 line to Christopher st.
The play was great and I cracked up over some of things he said: Frankala, play my "Gloria" . That hit home with the accent. Too funny.
I was looking for the other yelpers, no one said anything after the show. Bummer :(
Also, was it me or is this theater REALLY small? My knees were buried in the seat in front of me.
I took the 9:40 out of Penn to Stonybrook and called it a night.
Thanks Jane and thanks Yelp!!! -
Review from Renee m.
3/25/2009
Came here to see "ragu"...didn't know what to expect but was pleasantly surprised by the one man show...he had me laughing from the beginning to end....
His depiction of dealing with itlain culture while growing up in American mainstream culture really spoke to me, as i grew up in a chinese culture in mainstream society...the same battles he depicted are similar to mine...the constant translations, the constant family ties.... -
Review from Andria O.
Manhattan, NY
9/22/2009
A lot of things to like about this little theater. Came here to watch the Fringe show Powerhouse. It's been extended for a few dates this month. Definitely worth seeing.
The theater itself definitely has some character to it. Also very small, and this is coming from a 5'1" person. The aisles are about one-person wide. So if you're heading up the stairs to your seat and someone is heading down to the bathrooms, prepare to do the awkward "'scuse me, pardon me, 'scuse me" dance.
Seats also aren't spaced out enough, so head blockage is a factor. Granted, though, 5'1" chick behind tall dude. I'm going to lose that battle at most any theater.
Still an overall good viewing experience though. I would go back. -
Review from Polina S.
10/28/2005
The Actors Playhouse is located in the heart of the West Village, and has over the years been a hub of gay and lesbian theater, as well as unusual, experimental and just plain weird productions. It has hosted such shows as Naked Boys Singing, The Only Thing Worse You Could've Told Me (a one-man play from Dan Butler, known for his over-the-top straight sportscaster on Fraser) and Marijuana-Logues.
The theater is very small, with no more than 150 seats. It's built very comfortably, and though the seating doesn't have an incline, the stage is set high enough - and the place is small enough - that you can see everything from even the farthest row. The acoustics are superb. I saw several one-man plays there, and those are always very taxing on the actor's throat. But because of the great acoustics of the place, the actors don't have to overextend their voices and can speak comfortably while still being heard everywhere in the audience.
The prices vary from cheap to mid-range depending on the stature of the show. Mostly, they hover in the $10 to $30 range, rarely going higher than that. -
Review from Gourmet G.
San Francisco, CA
10/29/2005
Before gay theater came out of the closet, it was forced to hide in small, cramped, dingy off-Broadway houses like this. Now that it's part of mainstream culture, and the owners have earned a small fortune from those who have fervently supported productions here over the past few decades, isn't it time they gave back something to the community by investing in some renovations and turning this into a respectable theater with wheelchair accessibility?
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Review from Jeff C.
Updated - 3/23/2009
Came back here to see Baby Wants Candy, a musical improv. I think of it as Whose Line Is It Anyway meets The Simpsons. The band is on the stage with the 5 performers and does a great job 'winging' it. Every show has a theme for the entire hour. The audience shouted out 'Someone Ate The Mona Lisa' as the theme for our show. It was amazing how witty these performers could get with ad hoc thought. I enjoyed this more than ASSSCAT 3000 @ The UCB Theatre. Nonstop laughs will have your belly aching after the show. No drink minimums, but booze is available for purchase. GO!
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