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Babylon, Babylon: The Story of the Fall of Ancient Civilization

The Brick Theater (Brooklyn, NY)
Title: Babylon, Babylon
Venue: The Brick Theater (Brooklyn, NY)
Full Price: $5.00 - $15.00   Our Price: FREE - $7.50
Rating: 2.6 stars

Rated 2.6 by 8 members who went.

Experience the fall of ancient civilization in an intimate Brooklyn performance space as a cast of dozens re-create the Temple of Ishtar, priestesses, prostitutes, prophets, plutocrats, undercover lovers, displaced Jews, seekers of bloody vengeance, invading Persians and a lion.

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Members Who Went Said:

4 Star Rating
Written on
Apr 21 2008

Anonymous Member

An immersive, hypnotic experience. We had a blast, and we LOVED THE LION!

3 people found this review useful
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4 Star Rating
Written on
Apr 18 2008

Robert Marx

Robert Marx

I thought it would be too good to be true but it was great.

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2 Star Rating
Written on
Apr 18 2008

Anonymous Member

The box office/theater did not open at 7:30 p.m. as stated, and getting into the theater was a pretty disorganized process, no real lines, it didn't matter in what order people showed up, the ones hanging around closest to the door got in first. There are no bad seats however, as the chairs are set up in a circle against the walls while the action takes place in the middle.

The event itself was pretty interesting, probably one of the more bizarre performances I have seen. There were as many actors as there were spectators, if not more. It was interesting to have the actors so close up. There were a few not-so-subtle political statements about the US presence in Iraq. Overall, I enjoyed the show, although it was kitschy at times.

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More Details About This Event:

This ambitious work depicts the fall of ancient civilization in one of Brooklyn’s smallest theater spaces, The Brick. More than 30 actors re-create the Temple of Ishtar, home of ritual prostitution, gyrating priestesses, doomsday prophets, grasping plutocrats, undercover lovers, displaced Jews, seekers of bloody vengeance, invading Persians and a lion.

Written and directed by Jeff Lewonczyk

About The Brick Theater:

The Brick and its company, The Brick Theater, Inc., were founded in 2002 by Robert Honeywell and Michael Gardner. Formerly an auto-body shop, a yoga center, and various storage spaces, this brick-walled garage in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, was completely refurbished as a state-of-the-art performance space.

The Brick has been home to many critically acclaimed premieres, including Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Bizarre Science Fantasy, Tupperware Orgy, In a Strange Room (based on Faulkner's As I Lay Dying), Dear Dubya, Fallout Follies, World Gone Wrong, My Year of Porn, Who Is Wilford Brimley?, Jenna Is Nuts, Habitat, Absence of Magic, Assyrian Monkey Fantasy (in two movements), and The Pragmatists.

The Summer Theme Festival Series presented The Hell Festival in 2004, The Moral Values Festival in 2005, The $ellout Festival in 2006, and continues with The Pretentious Festival in Summer 2007. In addition, The Brick has also produced a short-works program called Brick-a-Brac, a collection of holiday-themed one-act plays known as The Baby Jesus One-Act Jubilee, and the hugely successful New York Clown Theatre Festival (the first of its kind in New York in more than 20 years).