PREVIEW: Charlie Victor Romeo returns

Charlie Victor Romeo is not for the faint of heart.  CVR also stands for cockpit voice recorder and this show is reenactments of the final minutes of several airline disasters.  Your palms sweat, your heart races and you don't soon forget this intense piece of theater - and it's back for a limited run at 3LD from October 4th- 20th.  It is NOT to be missed.

CHARLIE VICTOR ROMEO
at 3LD
80 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10006
Tickets: $25 $18 (Just Reduced)
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10 Favorite Shows of 2010

So here, in the order in which Ludlow Lad saw them, are the top 10 Favorite Shows of 2010:

#1. LEAR
@ Soho Rep
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#2. L'effet de Serge
@ 3LD/Under The Radar Festival
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#3. The Divine Sister
@ Theater For The New City
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#4. Alice in Slasherland
@ HERE/Vampire Cowboys
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#5. Milk
@ HERE/New Georges
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#6. The Zero Hour
@ Walkerspace/13P
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#7. The Little Foxes
@ New York Theater Workshop
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#8. Laurie Anderson's Delusion
@ BAM/Next Wave
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#9. That Hopey Changey Thing
@ The Public/Public Lab
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#10. Middletown
@ The Vineyard Theater

2010 Fall Preview

Here are 13 shows that Ludlow Lad is excited about seeing this fall:

underneathmybed: A new play by Florencia Lozano in which ghosts of a dirty foreign war haunt a family. Rattlestick Theatre; starts September 1. www.rattlestick.org

Roadkill Confidential: This new play by Sheila Callaghan is described as a noir-ish meditation on brutality. 3LD Art & Technology Center; starts September 7. www.clubbedthumb.org

Orlando: Sarah Ruhl takes on Virginia Woolf. Classic Stage; starts September 8. www.classicstage.org

Brandywine Distillery Fire: Matthew Freeman and Matthew Gardner promise to develope a theater work in the "wrongest" way possible which may never delivers on its promises. Incubator Arts Project; starts September 9. www.brandywinedistilleryfire.com

Down There: Based on the real-life 1965 torture murder of Sylvia Likens, Down There is a new play from Axis Company, written and directed by Randy Sharp. Axis Theatre; starts September 9. www.axiscompany.org

The Little Foxes: Director Ivo van Hove, who has previously taken on Williams, Ibsen and Moliere now turns his talents to Lillian Hellman's famous play. New York Theatre Workshop; starts September 10. www.nytw.org

The Divine Sister: Charles Busch gets back to his roots in this hilarious new comedy that was workshopped at Theater for the New City earlier this year. Soho Playhouse; starts September 12. www.divinesisteronstage.com

Angels in America: Michael Greif directs Tony Kushner's gigantic play. Parts one and two run in rep from September 14th through January 30th. signaturetheatre.org

Orange, Hat and Grace: Artistic Director Sarah Benson directs this new play by Gregory S. Moss that is described as a funny, fierce and provocative inquiry into our relationship with the natural world. Soho Rep; starts September 15. www.sohorep.org

Three Sisters Come and Go: Anton Chekhov vs. Samuel Beckett vs. Julia Kristeva in this beautifully designed piece that gets a return engagement at Theaterlab; starts September 29. www.theaterlabnyc.comli

Middletown: A new play by Will Eno, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll that explores the universe of a small American town. Vineyard Theatre; starts October 13. www.vineyardtheatre.org

A Free Man of Color: The amazing John Guare's new play, described as a "freewheeling epic" set in 1802 New Orleans. Lincoln Center Theater @ the Vivian Beaumont; starts October 21. www.lct.org

(oh my god I am so) THIRST(y): Little Lords bring back their great adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s play. October 21 - 30, 2010 @ Incubator Arts Project www.littlelord.org

OHIO INTERRUPTED @ 3LD

It was announced today that the Ohio Theater/Soho Think Tank will live on as OHIO INTERRUPTED at 3-Legged Dog Art & Technology Center in Lower Manhattan. This is probably a win-win since it was announced earlier this year that 3LD may be facing eviction from its MTA-owned building at 80 Greenwich Street. The Ohio Theater on Wooster Street will definitely be missed, though. It was a one-of-a-kind venue, that let directors and adventurous companies make use of its depth, barn doors opening on to Wooster Street and numerous pillars. It's sad to think that in a few weeks Ludlow Lad will no longer be entering those doors.

10 Shows To See in 2010

Chekhov Lizardbrain – return engagement by Pig Iron Theater Company at CSV Cultural Center; January 7th - 17th

Gin and "It": Reid Farrington's meditation on Alfred Hitchcock's film Rope . at 3LD Art & Technology Center; January 7th - 16th

Lear- new play after Shakespeare by Young Jean Lee at Soho Rep; January 7th - 31st

Plays – Gertrude Stein as performed by David Greenspan; Foundry Theater Company at Atlantic Stage 2; January 9th - February 7th

Trifles - The Theater of a Two-Headed Calf takes on Susan Glaspell at Ontological @ St. Marks Church; January 28th - February 14th

The Jackie Look – the newest performance by Karen Finley at the Laurie Beechman Theater; January 30th - March 6th

The Divine Sister – a workshop of Charles Busch's latest comedy at Theater for the New City; February 11 - March 7th

Orange, Hat & Grace: a new play by Gregory Moss; dir. by Sarah Benson at Soho Rep; Begins March 11th

Bellona,Destroyer of Cities - adapted and directed by Jay Scheib at The Kitchen; Begins April 1st

The Truth: A Tragedy: A new solo show written and performed by Cynthia Hopkins at Soho Rep; Begins May 6th