THEATER

Roberto Athayde: Miss Margarita’s Way

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, MARCH 30 & 31, 2024 (continuing through APRIL 1)
7:00 PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY
2:00 PM SUNDAY

Brick Aux
579 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

$45-$50
TICKETS + INFORMATION

Why does this sound so familiar? Oh wait. It was performed on Broadway in the late ‘70s and again in the ‘90s. An immersive — although they didn’t call it that then — exposition of an abusive teacher as a metaphor for dictatorship. Be sure to click through that link a couple of lines up for an example of Fukuyamaesqe naivité at its most Fukuyamaesquely naive (and “naive” is being charitable): not only has dictatorship returned to Russia, but it’s about to install itself here! I still remember this play as being rather lame — but then in 1977 if it wasn’t Richard Foreman I wasn’t really willing to accept it as valid theater (I don’t feel too differently now, TBH).

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Free pizza at the Alligator Lounge!