Word: ringe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Very little was done with the set: the same back-drop--a street in Pueblo Cito--persisted throughout the entire play. Setting changes were signaled by the addition of chairs, tables, benches and, in the last scene, the barrera of a bullfighting ring...
Still, fun, not logic, was the order of the day, and from the looks of things the freshman seemed to be having it. Their mark of success was inscribed in the fact that they managed to bring the audience into the ring of their enthusiasm...
...deal of planning and work has clearly gone into putting together the extravaganza. The result is a classy spectacle a cut above the gaudy shenanigans of the typical Ringling Bros. performance. The set is made to resemble a small town (Spindlay, Ohio, 1896) with the orchestra perched above the ring atop the set's main building, a saloon...
...apple. One of the best acts of the show, "Muttville Comix Troupe," is comprised of performing dogs "rescued from shelters around the world." But things get a little strange when one dog appears to spray urine all over a section of the audience, which is extremely close to the ring as per the "intimate" set-up. Later, that same dog is thrown out into the audience, literally, and then thrown back to the freaky ring-leader, who continually rubs the dogs' bellies...
...trip to take your medicine with the Big Apple Circus makes for a highly entertaining evening--and none too expensive: tickets range from $10-35, and the taxi is $10 round-trip from South Station. Be prepared for a spectacle that's slightly less dizzying than a three-ring extravaganza but that compensates with a mascot: a cross-dressing middle-aged man named "Grandma" whose wig has a chinstrap...