Tuesday 21 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: woods
On Broadway
Musical ‘Dream’
Reduxion stages a bold, sexy version of William Shakespeare’s classic ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream.’
Performing Arts
Eric Webb
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday Through Feb. 26
Reduxion Theatre
1613 N. Broadway
reduxiontheatre.com, 651-3191
$15
Making 'Sense'
Reduxion admirably adapts a Jane Austen classic.
Performing Arts
Eric Webb
Sense & Sensibility
Reduxion Theatre Company
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday
The Broadway Theater
1613 N. Broadway
reduxiontheatre.com
651-3191
$13-$17
The Cabin in the Woods
Horror
Rod Lott
Josh Whedon is partially responsible for arguably the most creative pictures of this year, and I don’t mean The Avengers. I’m talking about The Cabin in the Woods, the horror film reputed to be a game-changer in the genre. It’s not the end-all-be-all film as hyped, but it is undeniably clever.
Locked and loaded
The hard rock of the UK’s Young Guns comes out a-blazing in its first major U.S. tour.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Young Guns with Seether, Sick Puppies and Kyng
7 p.m. Saturday
Diamond Ballroom
8001 S. Eastern
diamondballroom.net
677-9169
$32.50-$34
The Barrens
Something in Jersey is more demonic than Snooki.
Horror
Rod Lott
In a post-Saw world, Darren Lynn Bousman quietly has been making a series of horror films more in line with scary movies of the 1970s than the torture-porn genre he helped usher in. Already this year, DVD has brought us his superlative Mother's Day remake and the low-key demonic pic 11-11-11, and now The Barrens. It's just too bad they've all been denied wide theatrical releases.
Theater of blood
In reviving the Grand Guignol tradition, Reduxion sets the stage for murder.
Performing Arts
Rod Lott
Night of Grand Guignol: French Theatre of Horror
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, through Oct. 27
Reduxion Theatre
1613 N. Broadway
reduxiontheatre.com
651-3191
$15-$18
Coma
Its pacing will put you under.
Television series
Rod Lott
Four years ago, cable remade the perfectly fine ’70s sci-fi thriller The Andromeda Strain, based upon Michael Crichton’s thriller, but needlessly doubled the running time, thereby cutting its effectiveness in half.
End of Watch / Officer Down
Two new releases shine a light on the shield.
Thriller
Rod Lott
I'm a sucker for a good cop movie, and End of Watch is a great one. Had I seen it before its home-video release, it would have made my 2012 year-end list.
