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The Strangest

First Preview: Mar 08, 2017

Opening Date: Mar 11, 2017

Closing Date: Apr 02, 2017

Running Time: 01:30

The Strangest
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Playing @

Next Door at NYTW / 4th St Theatre

83 East 4th Street New York City, NY 10003

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The Strangest invites audiences into an immersive theatrical experience in which they enter a traditional Arab storytelling café, where for centuries masters of the oral tradition wove tales of intrigue. The Strangest is an absurdist murder mystery loosely inspired by the unnamed Arab killed in Albert Camus’ classic novel, The Stranger. Experience French Algiers on the brink of revolution, and witness three Arab brothers vie for the love of the same woman.  Their bitter rivalry ends only when one is gunned down by a French stranger.

French Algeria was a hybrid of Eastern and Western cultures that fascinated some of the most important writers and artists of the twentieth century, including Albert Camus, Jean Genet, and Jean-Paul Sartre.  In 1848, Algeria was made part of France. It was the first colonization of an Arab country since the Crusades, and hundreds of thousands of Europeans immigrated and settled there. The Algerian War for Independence began over a hundred years later in 1954. 

The Strangest
evokes that cultural hybridity, mixing oral Arab storytelling techniques with Western theatrical practices of multi-character scenes in a way that illuminates the strengths and similarities of both those performance traditions.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
THURSDAY thru TUESDAY @ 7:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 5 PM
Age Guidance

Age Guidance: 16

Show Notes

Show Notes: No Intermission

Director

May Adrales

Written by

Betty Shamieh

TDF Tickets Offers:

TDF member tickets:

Not currently available for this show

Listed atTKTS

Never

Full-price tickets

$25 - $45

Accessibility:

Directions Subway

6 to Astor Place, B, D, F, Q to Broadway / Lafayette, L, N, Q, R,W at 14th Street / Union Square

Assisted Listening System

Assistive Listening Devices are available free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis from the box office. An ID or credit card is required to borrow a listening device for the duration of the performance.

Elevator\Escalator

None available

Parking

Lafayette Garage - 403 Lafayette Street (b/w 4th Street & Astor Place)

Passenger Loading Zone

There is a curb cut in front of the theatre.

Telephone

None on premises

Visual Assistance

Large print programs are available free of charge at every performance.

Curb Ramps

There is a curb cut in front of the theatre.

Directions Bus

#s M8, M15, M21, M101, M102 and M103 all stop within a 5 minute walk of the theatre

Water Fountain

None available.

Wheelchair Info

Due to the building's landmark status, the Fourth Street Theatre is not a wheelchair accessible space. There are 8 stairs leading from the street level to the main floor of the building where the theatre is located.

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Public Transportation

Subway Icon

By Subway:

6 to Astor Place, B, D, F, Q to Broadway / Lafayette, L, N, Q, R,W at 14th Street / Union Square

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By Bus:

#s M8, M15, M21, M101, M102 and M103 all stop within a 5 minute walk of the theatre