Photo Flash: Off-Broadway's The Dispute
By: BWW News Desk Aug. 09, 2006
The Obie Award-winning National Asian American Theatre
Company (NAATCO) is currently presenting French playwright Pierre Marivaux's 18th century romantic comedy The Dispute, directed by Jean Randich --
performed by an all Asian-American cast. The show, which began previews on
August 4th, opened on August 8 at the Abingdon
Theatre (312 West 36th Street) in Manhattan.
"A dark, erotic philosophical comedy revolving around the 'dispute' of
the title, The Dispute endeavors to discover which sex committed the
first infidelity. A prince persuades his lover to watch the playing out
of a cruel experiment
set in motion 18 years earlier when his father was having the same
dispute with his lover: four young people, two men and two women, who
have been reared in isolation since birth, are released into a garden
to see who will sin first -
the man or the woman," according to press notes.Performances run
Tuesdays - Saturdays at 7:30pm, with Saturday and Sunday matinees at
3:00pm. Tickets are $19 (prior to August 8 tickets are $15) and can be
reserved by visiting www.SmartTix.com or by calling 212-868-4444. For additional details, please visit www.naatco.org.Photos by Sue Rees
Alfredo Narciso (The Prince) and Jennifer Ikeda (Hermiane)
Alexis Camins (Azor) and Jennifer Chang (Egle)
Jennifer Chang and Mia Katigbak as Carise
Lanny Joon (Mesrin) and Alexis Camins
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