In our latest Weekend Arts Planner: Daniel K. Isaac makes history and folklore personal in 'Once Upon a (korean) Time,' produced by Ma-Yi Theater Company in the East Village, and Michael Olatuja brings his African jazz-funk to a free Times Square show.
, which is presenting it at La Mama's Ellen Stewart Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street in the East Village. In just 95 minutes, Isaac twists together almost a century of Korean history with some of the country's most prominent myths and tales.Sasha Diamond, Sonnie Brown and David Lee Huynh in Daniel K. Isaac's 'Once Upon a Time.
But the folk tales in his narrative sometimes veer toward absurdity, and part of the play's power is the way it shifts tone so seamlessly. The seven cast members are excellent in the way they shift among roles and modes, and director Ralph B. Peña and his crew perform wondrous feats in moving the audience through time and space within the physical and budgetary limitations imposed by a small venue.
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