Sometimes we'll read a review of a show being produced elsewhere and, for a moment, wish we lived there rather than here. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen (and only for a moment). Luckily, New York being the theater capital that it is we manage to get many of those productions. Eventually. And sometimes we just get them through other means (that's your cue, PBS). For instance, if you're as curious about the National Theater's production of Frankenstein as we are—its directed by Trainspotting's Danny Boyle and starring the awesomely-named Benedict Cumberbatch (Holmes) and Jonny Lee Miller (the first Mr. Angelina Jolie, probably still most famous as Sick Boy in Trainspotting) as both the Doctor and his creation—you'll probably be interested to know that while the show is still playing to sold-out houses in London it hits our shores later this month for two nights. The second performance allowing American audiences a chance to see the actors perform both roles.
Okay, that's not quite true. While the show itself is staying put a live feed of the show is being screened at NYU's Skirball Center on March 24 (with Miller as Frankenstein and Cumberbatch as the monster) and March 27 (with the roles reversed). At $25 bucks a pop the tickets are more expensive than your usual filmed fare, but then again its a whole lot cheaper than flying to London to try and scalp a seat. They are also showing it at BAM and Cinemas 1,2,3—you can check out the full list of locations here.
[Tip o' the hat to bloggledygook]
