Using an explosive combination of musical accompaniment, from the Smiths to Peter Gabriel to Mott the Hoople and, of course, Alex's favorite Ludwig Van, Alex Dawson has given Anthony Burgess' A CLOCKWORK ORANGE a steampunked reinterpretation--and you can check it out at Middlesex County College this weekend, tonight and Saturday at 8PM and Sunday at 2PM. With inspired performances by T.J. McNeill as Alex, Jason Jackson as the DJ, Shawn Harrison, Jess Masch, Jane Smith and Metuchen's own Carlyle Owens playing multiple roles, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE is a compelling and provocative stage production. Alex, the hormonally-raging and ravaging teen tornado (and his version of 'homies,' the Droogs) have been reconsidered by Dawson as "a teenage MacHeath (sort of Mack the Knife meets Ferris Bueller with the coke binge elocution of Robin William's genie from ALADDIN)." Without explicit violence and sexually graphic setpieces, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE presents Burgess' scary sneety in a nadmenny raskazz guaranteed to brosay a poogly kick to the audience's keeshkas. For translation and transcendent theatrical experience, get to the the show this weekend! Click on the very stylish ad to the left for ticket information.
P.S. If you'd rather make it a pre-Halloween event, there's a midnight performance on Fright Night, October 30th.
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