Opening Tonight: Stolen Chair's Theatre is Dead and So Are You

Stolen Chair wakes the dead in Kiran Rikhye’s latest, Theatre is Dead and So Are You. A motley crew of variety show hacks are laying their MC to rest, performing his funeral live, traveling from city to city, until such time as his body is too decomposed to make the proceedings pleasant.

Their "eulogies" are performed à la classic variety, with slapstick, melodrama, song & dance, and feats of illusion and mentalism, each taking its own deadly turn as they celebrate the life and death of their dearly departed dead dead dead friend.

Even in their joyous performance, a spectre looms as each knows they've all been exposed to the fatal disease that killed their MC: Life.

Watch these seasoned has-beens kill theatre, live before your very eyes.

The run begins tonight and goes until January 31 at the Connelly Theater on 220 East 4th Street (between avenues A & B) in New York. Get your tickets here.

Slapping his stick,

James "Inappropriate Funeral Guest" Comtois

Tonight: Pirates, Patriots, Patricides

Hey, gang. If you're looking for something to do this evening and need something to tide you over until Colorful World opens, the Stolen Chair Theatre Group, to celebrate the opening of The Accidental Patriot: The Lamentable Tragedy of the Pirate Desmond Connelly, Irish by Birth, English by Blood, and American by Inclination, presents Pirates, Patriots, Patricides, several evenings of short works of theatre inspired by the play's themes and styles.

And tonight (and May 7), Nosedive is involved.

Tonight's show features "The Adventures of Blackie Nobeard," written by Yours Truly with Kid Sister Rebecca Comtois, featuring Rebecca as Blackie Nobeard, that rascally lady pirate who’s always in a jam! With Special Guest Star Brian Silliman as "The 'Swain."

The sublime silliness is directed by Matt Johnston.

So, if you've had the hankering to see my sister's Alf impression while wearing a pirate hat, come on down tonight to the Milagro Theatre on 107 Suffolk Street.

The show's at 8 p.m., tickets are $12, which you can get here.

Tested positive for scurvy,

James "Salty Jack" Comtois