THEATER
TUESDAY - SUNDAY, JULY 9 - 14, 2018
7:00 PM TUESDAY - SUNDAY
1:00 PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY

David Cale: We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time
Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street, NoHo, Manhattan

$45
https://www.publictheater.org/Tickets/Calendar/PlayDetailsCollection/18-19-Season/Were-Only-Alive/

David Cale, a very special solo performer, puts together an autobiographical music-theater piece that is much more direct that his rather mediated previous work has been. That has its downsides as well as its upsides -- indirection in art is usually a good thing -- but (who knew?) the material he had to work with turns out be sensational. And Cale still manages to keep some distance (which is either a miraculous achievement or the only way a person could deal with stuff like this and maintain his sanity). This is very much worth seeing.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Best Sichuan in Manhattan at Szechuan Mountain House (too bad it isn't easier to get into).