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2013 Three-Play Subscription – The Pearl Theatre

$79 for “In Acting Shakespeare,” “Henry IV, Part 1,” and “And Away We Go” ($150 Value)

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In a Nutshell

In Acting Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, and And Away We Go conclude season by award-winning company

The Fine Print

Without the applause of an audience, actors have no way of knowing how well they've died. Stand and ovate with this GrouponLive deal to The Pearl Theatre Company. For $79, you get a three-play pass for general admission to all of the remaining shows in the 2012–13 season (a $150 value).

In Acting Shakespeare, Thursday, January 10–Sunday, February 3

In the mid-1980s, a boy named Jim DeVita was bowled over by the work of stage legend Sir Ian McKellen as McKellen performed his original piece, Acting Shakespeare. The one-man show of Shakespearean monologues stuck with young DeVita even as he grew into an adult. And at 24, he found himself balancing two lives: a sunlit, blue-collar existence working on a fishing boat, and a nighttime persona onstage as a classical actor. In his adaptation of McKellen’s original piece, DeVita interweaves masterful soliloquies, his own autobiography, and fictionalized accounts of the Bard’s working-class origins.

Henry IV, Part 1, Friday, February 15–Sunday, March 17

The company next brings Shakespeare’s epic tale of the War of the Roses to vivid life. As the play begins, Henry Bolingbroke has won the throne, but rebellions are popping up like violent molehills, and his son, Prince Hal, is more interested in the tavern than the battleground. Gastronome and nominally loyal knight Jack Falstaff is only too happy to lead young Hal down the garden path to debauchery, but the uprising of an ambitious nobleman nicknamed Hotspur forces the carefree young royal to confront his responsibilities.

And Away We Go, Friday, April 19–Sunday, May 19

The season concludes with a world-premiere from four-time Tony winner Terrence McNally, a piece that examines the role of theater through the ages. Six actors take on six roles apiece as the story drops in backstage in ancient Athens, speeds on to the Renaissance to visit a rehearsal at the Globe Theatre, and catches the American premiere of Waiting for Godot in Coconut Grove. Speaking to David Ng at the Los Angeles Times, the 72-year-old McNally explained that his motivations are rooted in a lifetime in the business: “It’s a summation of what I’ve learned watching theater. It’s also stylistically very different than anything I’ve ever done.”

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Groupon Says

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The Groupon Guide to: Spicing Up a Monologue

Monologues are the most boring part of plays since they only involve a single performer and that single performer is never an adorable baby actor. To make these seemingly unending passages more interesting, follow these helpful tips:

  • Do something interesting with your voice. You could give your character an accent or, if you can't do a convincing accent, just yell the entire time.

  • Cut out all the unnecessary words, such as articles and any full sentences that don't foreshadow how the main character is a group of children hiding inside a man's suit.

  • Wear a funky hat or rad loafers. That'll give the audience something to look at!

  • Perform it with multiple people and tell the director you're going to start calling it a fun-o-logue.

  • Start at the end of the monologue and work backward. Then when you finish, tell the audience that they just got Pranked'd™. (If you're interested in buying the rights to use the name Pranked'd™, probably for a hilarious hidden-camera goof show, please contact Groupon for more information.)

Why is there so much yelling in plays? Find out in today's Groupon Guide.

2013 Three-Play Subscription

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    The Pearl Theatre

    555 W 42nd St.
    New York, New York 10036
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  • Contact The Pearl Theatre at (212) 563-9261 for questions or hours. Box office is closed on Mondays.

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