A Generic Welcome: Weirdness to Come (I promise!)

Anyone who enjoys checking out downtown theatre, hole-in-the-wall ethnic restaurants, poetry slams and weird robotics competitions knows that places in which one can pop in for free (or, OK, $20 and under, this IS a New York-based Blog) are a gamble. Sometimes you've trekked out to the end of the E line to see a post-punk, musical version of “King Lear” staged by recent NYU Tisch grads, and you're trapped in your misery, wishing desperately for a clean break (or a beer), and sometimes, you've trekked out to see, well, a post-punk, musical version of “King Lear” staged by recent NYU Tisch grads, and lo and behold! it is sublime (or, at least, entertaining, quirky and the source of a good story or a dumb lyric you can impress your hipster friends with).

Such is the burden of the Bohemian on a Shoestring.