The Acorn Theater at Theatre Row
410 West 42nd St. between Ninth & Tenth Aves.
Tuesday, December 20, $51.25 – $71.25, 7:00
www.hdcny.com
The Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory Repertory Company is presenting a very different take on the classic fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood” on December 20 with Epitaph. Artistic director Safi A. Thomas has created a brutal, violent version of Charles Perrault’s story of the girl in red who meets the big bad wolf, incorporating elements from tales by such other masters as the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen (“The Little Match Girl”). The thirty-minute piece, which explores issues of gender, sexuality, patriarchy, and female empowerment, will be followed by a thirty-minute Q&A with the cast and creative team and a forty-five-minute reception. Premium tickets include a commemorative booklet, with part of the proceeds benefiting the Crime Victims Treatment Center of St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital.