ON THE FRINGE: Lion (El Leon)

Making you rethink your fantasy about leaving the banality of the U.S. for a "transcendental" locale.

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ON THE FRINGE: Lion (El Leon)

POSTED: Saturday, September 10, 2011, 1:40 PM

Visceral and absurd, Philapolis Theatre Co.'s blithe Lion (El León) makes you rethink your fantasy about leaving the banality of the U.S. for a "transcendental" locale. In a Spanish-speaking “biggest city in the world,” an American expat hosts a visiting friend in his litter-strewn apartment while the city is on lock-down — animal noses have been attaching themselves to people’s faces. A campy lion, puppets and a leprechaun-like drug lord help round out a bilingual cast of characters that struggle with battles of normalcy, idiocity and (in some cases) a drug-like dependence on tortillas.

Through Sept. 17, $15, Second Stage at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St., MORE INFO HERE.

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