Manhattan Theatre Source Celebrates Poe's Birthday With Special Adaptations Of His Best Horror Tales 1/16/2010
By: Gabrielle Sierra Dec. 04, 2009
Wicked Tavern Tales are vivid stage adaptations of three of Edgar Allan Poe's best short stories: ‘The Cask of Amontillado', ‘The Tell-tale Heart' and ‘The Black Cat'. This spooky trio of vignettes combines classic storytelling and macabre drama, specially written for the intimate Source venue by Greg Oliver Bodine. Amber Estes returns to direct this remounting, timed to coincide with Poe's Birthday on
January 19th.
Welcome to the ‘Hell's Hound' (circa 1850s), a tavern in an un-named city where the spirits flow freely and the tales are tall! Or are they? On a brisk winter night, just as last call is announced, the
tavern proprietor and a barmaid are entreated by the audience to entertain them with "a good story" before closing time. The narrators oblige and begin to spin not one, but three yarns of mystery and
murder. Soon, the characters from each story appear, breathing life into the words of their storytellers, supplying the action, and bringing to each tale with spine-tingling suspense, its own harrowing dénouement!
Tickets are available through Theatermania at theatermania.com or on 866 811 4111 for $18
Performances are 17 to 23rd January at 8pm, with performances on Sunday 17th and Tuesday 19th at 7pm and 9pm
Manhattan Theatre Source is located at 177 MacDougal Street between West 8th and Waverly, north of Washington Square Park, round the corner from West 8th Street subway.
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