BWW Reviews: WHOLLY BRIEF! BATMAN, Thankfully Does Not Contain Briefs
Photo taken by Paul Budge Photography
Chaotic Acts of Theatre (CAT) has done it again. They are becoming quite deft at putting together a parody of a geek genre with countless nods to other fandoms in a short period of time. This show was WHOLLY BRIEF! BATMAN: THIS IS THE PARODY THIS CITY DESERVES and was presented in partnership with the Ada Community Library in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Batman.
This particular production was all 8 Batman movies in 45 minutes. Two actors: one lucky one who played Batman [Ian Price Taylor] while the other [Cole Niblett] played all the other characters. These poor actors put themselves through the ropes. They are so drained of energy by the time they are finished - but if you look at them closely, you will see they are high on the joy they bring to their audience.
I don't think there was a period of more than 2 minutes that went by where the audience didn't laugh, chuckle, chortle, or snicker (with one or two moans thrown in too boot). It was such a fun afternoon.
If you see that the CAT is doing a performance of a farce (the actors are good so a straight show would probably be fabulous as well) but especially a farce right now, be sure to grab up some tickets (they are pay what you can in most venues), you will not be upset you did.
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