CURTAIN CALL: New City Stage Co. performs Savage/Love and Tongues

Following its success at last year's Fringe Fest, the poetry/theater/psychological journey known as Savage/Love and Tongues returns to the New City Stage Company. poetry, theater and music join forces for a meditation on loneliness

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CURTAIN CALL: New City Stage Co. performs Savage/Love and Tongues

POSTED: Friday, May 25, 2012, 1:00 PM

Filed Under: Arts Theater

Following its success at last year's Fringe Fest, the poetry/theater/psychological journey known as Savage/Love and Tongues returns to the New City Stage Company. Written by longtime off-Broadway mastermind Sam Shepard and Open Theatre founder Joseph Chaikin, the show begins with Savage/Love, the dreamy quest of a lonely man searching for love. Local poet/actor Russ Widdall (pictured) is the lonesome star, weaving together poetry and movement in a meditation on yearning for human connection.

As the show progresses, Savage/Love becomes Tongues, the fiery stream-of-consciousness of a dying man performing his last rites. Illustrating the mood is Josh Fox's percussions, adding rhythm and direction to the seemingly free-form narrative that will not only expand your understanding of theater but plunge you deep into the wants and needs of a lonely soul.

The show runs May 26-28 and June 2-3 at the Second Stage at the Adrienne Theater (2030 Sansom St.). Tickets are $10.

(nina@citypaper.net)

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