So, DIE! MOMMY! DIE! is a curious thing.
The show’s going really well–in fact, the cast and crew have done an outstanding job. It’s funny and outrageous and pretty to look at, and hopefully it reminds everyone that our actors can really act. I couldn’t be happier. None of us could.
Except maybe where attendance is concerned.
Now, don’t get me wrong: audiences have been good–at least as good as A Place in the Sun, if not marginally better. I was a bit worried about that, thanks to the nation’s economic climate and the fact that New Orleanians still seem jangled from certain Meteorological Events. Thankfully, that hasn’t been the case.
However, we’re having to beat the bushes a little to drum up business. Since there’s a movie of the play–a movie that has a small cult following–I was secretly hoping for sell-out run on par with our production of Sordid Lives. Hell, if anything, this show ought to do better: DIE! MOMMY! DIE! is a brilliant parody of an entire cinematic genre, while Sordid Lives…well, to call it clunky would be generous. Admittedly, the movie of Sordid Lives is an improvement on the play, while the film of DIE! MOMMY! DIE! is not. But still: I was hoping to see some hot, Tokyo subway crowdedness in Le Chat’s waiting area.
Which is why I cobbled together a trailer:
See, people? It’s funny. It has men in dresses and snappy, Bette Davis-esque dialogue. There are hilarious low-tech effects, a live-on-stage acid trip, and the World’s Largest Suppository in Captivity. And there’s no fake blood, so don’t be afraid to sit on the front row. Only two more weekends, so get moving!
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