The York Theatre Company has a ball with Ionesco in updated musical vaudeville (photo by Carol Rosegg)
York Theatre Company
619 Lexington Ave. at 54th St.
Through February 26, $67.50
212-935-5820
www.yorktheatre.org
The “York Celebrates Off-Broadway” season continues with a revival of Robert Allan Ackerman’s wacky 1974 show Ionescopade: A Musical Vaudeville. In this updated version, director/choreographer Bill Castellino and music director Christopher McGovern have fun with Mildred Kayden’s original music and lyrics, which riff on the oeuvre of French-Romanian Theatre of the Absurd playwright Eugene Ionesco, who wrote such unusual shows as The Bald Soprano, Rhinoceros, The Chairs, and Exit the King. Set pieces are performed by Nancy Anderson, Leo Ash Evans, Susan J. Jacks, Samuel Cohen, David Edwards, Pal Binotto, and Tina Stafford, with of course an eye toward the absurd. Ionescopade runs through February 26 at the York Theatre, and twi-ny has four pairs of tickets to give away for free for performances on February 14, 15, and 16. Just send your name and daytime phone number to contest@twi-ny.com by Tuesday, February 7, at 12 noon to be eligible. All entrants must be twenty-one years of age or older; four winners will be selected at random.