Onion Cellar

I was planning on checking out the new David Lynch film: Inland Empire, but then I went and saw the dress rehearsal of the new Dresden Dolls play/concert/art-thingamajig called the Onion Cellar. It’s showing at the Zero Arrow Theater, and as usual the dolls put on an magnificent show. I don’t want to say too much, and ruin the show… I didn’t get a chance to Lynch’s blue lighting (if his new movie has it), but the dolls brought the thunder and some bizarre characters. Their use of the theater was exceptional, with various parts happening on all four sides of the theater.

The seats we had were touching the stage, a little to right of the forward extension:

One of my favorite parts is when they have an old man stand in the center of stage holding a glass of whiskey, motionless, while the dolls rock out behind him. Anyway, as they say what happens in the onion cellar stays in the cellar.

Update: The Phoenix has an interesting article about the play: http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid28733.aspx. After reading that I realize how much better the play could’ve been (using my imagination of course). I still think it’s good, but if they touched some more difficult topics I would have found it much more appealing. I remember saying afterwards I thought that it could have used more diversity in the issues displayed…. and after this article the issues would have been a hell of a lot more interesting.

Update: Another good article: http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2006/12/03/creative_risks_are_at_heart_of_onion_cellar/