NOV 30-DEC 23 2006 Red Room Theater 85 E.4th St. NYC
CLYDE BALDO, KARYN PLONSKY, FRANK ZILINYI,
DAN ALMEKINDER
CLYDE BALDO just co-starred in DOUGHBOYS written, directed and starring Louis Lombardi of "24." Just co-starred in Maria Beatty's film , BOY IN THE BATHTUB. TV roles include THE SOPRANOS, LAW & ORDER-CRIMINAL INTENT, BREAKING VEGAS, L&O-SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT. Just directed JITTER by Richard Sheinmel at Arclight Theater. Favorite acting roles: Henry Harry in BRILLIANT TRACES, Al in ROAD TO NIRVANA, Michael in TRICYCLE. Thanks to my family, friends and this cast for all their support and fun.
DAN ALMEKINDER just finished acting in THE IDOL in the Notes From Under ground Festival. Acting credits include: JITTER at The Arclight Theater.; FOUR BETTER OR WORSE at Theater For The New City; THE LARAMIE PROJECT at Dutchess Theater; PHILOPHOBIA and LAST LAUGH at TSI PlayTime Series. Film credits include: THE PARTING; QUEENS; LUCKY MAN; ...FALL TO THE SON. Education: B.A. Theatre/M.A.Education from SUNY New Paltz and Meisner classes with Larry Silverberg and The Actors Institute.
KARYN PLONSKY works frequently on TV and can be seen on many commercials and print ads. Her recent theatre credits include: LAST SUMMER AT BLUEFISH COVE at Gloria Maddox theater; MISCEGENATION at House of Tribes Theater; ORANGE ALERT at 440 Studios Theater; FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS at Producers Club; TWO THIRDS at Manhattan Source Theater, etc.
FRANK ZILINYI was seen last season with the Inwood Shakespeare Festival as Monsieur de Tréville in The Three Musketeers. Also for ISF: the Town Crier and Aladdin's Jinni in Arabian Nights, An Offering of Magic & Hope; Captain Flint in Treasure Island, in ISF's La Vida Es Sueño (en español) as the Soldier and in The Merry Wives of Windsor as Sir John Falstaff. He was heard as two voices of the quartet in a sung prologue for Romeo and Juliet and was also seen or not seen, as the Ghost in Hamlet both at Expanded Arts. Frank also is Artistic Director for the Southern Connecticut Renaissance Festival where he reigns as King Reginald the Righteous.
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Radiotheatre strikes a gory, gloomy, and ghastly cord with their radio styled stage performance of The Haunting of 85 East 4th Street at the Red Room in the east village Sunday past. This seasoned production company has done quality work consistently enough to be considered one of New York’s best in the off off Broadway, indie or black box theater category.
Not to be confused with the old time radio show concept, they let their audiences and soon to be fans know right up front that their productions are 21st century tales of horror, sci-fi, adventure, crime and romance. They keep you engrossed with a kick ass storyline, no matter what the tale they’re telling, with accomplished actors, a lighting crew that specializes in mood control and of course a flawless sound effects professionalism that has become their signature statement at all of their shows. At least that is how I received their efforts.
This story is about an old dilapidated brownstone in lower Manhattan with a horrid history of death and despair brought on by greed, corruption and unsavory characters occupying it, meeting their deserved fate by an unseen evil bent on avenging the long lost souls of past misdeeds.
Chronicling the history of the gruesome digs, the show is advanced by a team of actors on stage dressed in black, changing voices, characters and accents as they seamlessly transition from one tragic incident to another, all the while, holding their audience on the edge of their seats awaiting the next clash of thunder, gunshot or the unsuspected crazed screams.
One would think this is a yarn for the Halloween season, but I beg to differ as there is nothing more terrifying than being spooked on an occasion when you least expected. For some great entertainment that you can take your kids to and save a buck at this ever expensive time of the year in New York, Radiotheatre is a best bet. Without reservation, I offer this production as a holiday recommendation. RETROVISION
Dan Bianchi’s “The Haunting of 85 East 4th Street” is most eerily effective when real life and real history trumps the paranormal. Told in the intimate Red Room theater, located on the upper level of — wouldn’t you know it, 85 East 4th Street — the Radiotheatre acting troupe has constructed an old-fashioned radio show, incorporating sound effects, impersonations and a flair for the melodramatic. Era by era, the show’s four performers recount the sordid history of this building. It’s stood through times of plagues, prejudice and paranoia — even before construction, the land itself was thought to be cursed — and handfuls of people have been found dead inside, including one who was thrown down the building’s staircase so hard he cracked the first floor’s tiles. These historical accounts keep this piece of radio theater moving forward. Things stall, though, when that history is occasionally molded for quick scares, as when the cast claims a dead woman’s screams can still be heard through the walls. To Bianchi’s credit, it’s the cold hard truth that sucks us in. And while we’re not going to go home shrieking in terror, one can’t help but notice the cracked tiles at the bottom of that staircase and those other buildings lining East 4th Street, each with their own silent mysteries.THE VILLAGER
