Fangoria Article on HOUND!

A Fangoria interview with director Rachel Klein and John Patrick Bray on their new show, HOUND, which will feature sound design by yours truly. I and GO-GO KILLERS! are given mentions as well. Original article can be found HERE.

GO-GO KILLERS! Final Performance Tonight at 8pm!

Final performance tonight, Saturday May 30th, at 8:00 pm!
GO-GO KILLERS! will play at The Sage Theater in Times Square (711 Seventh Avenue (between 47th and 48th), 2nd floor) May 8-30, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm. Tickets ($15) are available online HERE. A sell-out show is expected, so you should get your tickets as soon as possible!

Take the N,R, or W to 49th Street/7th Ave; the 1 to 50th Street; or the A,C,E,Q,2,3,7, or S to Times Square and walk.

Directed and Choreographed by Rachel Klein! Written by Sean Gill! Starring: Leasen Almquist, Kevin G Shinnick, Joe Stipek, Elizabeth Stewart, Kari Warchock, Jillaine Gill, Reagan Wilson, Dana Perry, Robyn Nielsen, Marna Kohn, Megan O'Connor, Michael Porsche, Michele Cavellero, Danielle Marie Fusco, Chala Savino, Helen Wo, Lisa Fiebert, Aimee DeLong, Brian Rubiano, Preston Burger,Freddy Mancilla, and Don DiPaolo! Stage managed by the lovely Miss Marina Steinberg, Costumes by the exquisite Emily Dorwart, Props by the mysterious Lizz Giorgos and the daring Joey Nova, Lighting by the illustrious Lisa Soverino, make-up by the vivacious Anita Rundles! Produced by Rachel Klein Productions in Association with Junta Juleil Theatricals, LTD.

Only 2 Performances of GO-GO KILLERS! Remain!

May 29th and 30th! (Tonight and Tomorrow!) Details below.

GO-GO KILLERS! will play at The Sage Theater in Times Square (711 Seventh Avenue (between 47th and 48th), 2nd floor) May 8-30, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm. Tickets ($15) are available online HERE. Sell-out shows are expected, so you should get your tickets as soon as possible!

Take the N,R, or W to 49th Street/7th Ave; the 1 to 50th Street; or the A,C,E,Q,2,3,7, or S to Times Square and walk.

Directed and Choreographed by Rachel Klein! Written by Sean Gill! Starring: Leasen Almquist, Kevin G Shinnick, Joe Stipek, Elizabeth Stewart, Kari Warchock, Jillaine Gill, Reagan Wilson, Dana Perry, Robyn Nielsen, Marna Kohn, Megan O'Connor, Michael Porsche, Michele Cavellero, Danielle Marie Fusco, Chala Savino, Helen Wo, Lisa Fiebert, Aimee DeLong, Brian Rubiano, Preston Burger,Freddy Mancilla, and Don DiPaolo! Stage managed by the lovely Miss Marina Steinberg, Costumes by the exquisite Emily Dorwart, Props by the mysterious Lizz Giorgos and the daring Joey Nova, Lighting by the illustrious Lisa Soverino, make-up by the vivacious Anita Rundles! Produced by Rachel Klein Productions in Association with Junta Juleil Theatricals, LTD.

Pink Raygun on GO-GO KILLERS!

Originally posted HERE.

Theater Review: Go-Go Killers!
by Teresa Jusino

Geek Theater is truly becoming a genre in its own right. From larger budget productions like Evil Dead: The Musical and The Toxic Avenger to off-off Broadway plays like the previously reviewed The Wendigo and Universal Robots, geek theater is all the rage!

Go-Go Killers, the latest entry into the mix, is everything a fan of B-movies, Quentin Tarantino, or hot, badass chicks in skimpy outfits could want!

The story is set in 2019 in a world where global warming has ravaged the planet, the gulf between rich and poor has eliminated the middle class altogether, and law and order as we know it is out the window. The world is divided up into territories by go-go dancing gang debs who are kidnapping and killing the world’s wealthiest citizens. The heroines of the story are a girl gang called The Furies (all the girls and gangs have taken on names from Greek mythology), and we follow them as they kidnap a rich uncle and nephew and take them to the Queen of the girl gangs, flirting and fighting their way across the deserts of New New Jersey.

The story however, while intriguing, isn’t what makes this play special. What makes it special is Rachel Klein’s deft direction and hilarious and inspired choreography, which is guaranteed to make you want to invest in lots of glitter and a pair of hot pants. This is a play, not a musical, and yet the go-go dance breaks (not to mention go-go fight sequences!) are even more instrumental in telling the story than the dialogue. It’s difficult to adapt a genre that’s so firmly cinematic, but Klein effortlessly evokes 1950s cautionary tales of juvenile delinquency and 1960s B-movies in a way that makes sense on stage.

Playwright Sean Gill’s dialogue is perfect and funny, betraying a strong love of the kind of films that inspired the script. He’s created some wonderful characters, and set up a world in which it would be fun to spend some time. We always care about The Furies (as well as the other gang debs who make an appearance), and they are why this play is worth a viewing.

Enough can’t be said about this talented cast of go-go girls (and boys!). Special kudos must go to Kari Warchock as Marietta, the Furies’ newest member; Elizabeth Stewart as Electra, the Furies’ fearless leader; and Reagan Wilson as Pandora, the Furies’ second-in-command. Warchock’s strength lies in her impeccable comic timing, and her Marietta is completely endearing. Stewart’s Electra is the badass leader we all wish we could be. She moves beautifully and is a strong actress, owning the stage whenever she’s on it and giving us a nuanced portrayal of a character that could have easily been a caricature. Wilson is the complete package, delivering funny, saucy, and menacing in equal measure, and allowing us to remember why characters like Cleopatra Jones are so awesome. The cast is also a diverse bunch - in age, race, and body type - and it’s nice to see the performers in this mixed group all get to be sexy, smart, and funny, using and subverting stereotypes simultaneously to wonderful effect.

Go-Go Killers is in its final performances this weekend. If you’re looking for powerful, well-dressed ladies, wry social commentary, and kitschy, B-movie inspired fun, get yourself to the Sage Theater in NYC on Friday or Saturday night!

-Teresa Jusino

**Go-Go Killers plays Friday and Saturday night at 8PM at The Sage Theater (711 Seventh Avenue, NYC). Tickets are and are available online at www.smarttix.com**

©2009, Pinkraygun.com

Only 4 Performances of GO-GO KILLERS! remain!

May 22nd, 23rd, 29th, and 30th! Details below.

GO-GO KILLERS! will play at The Sage Theater in Times Square (711 Seventh Avenue (between 47th and 48th), 2nd floor) May 8-30, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm. Tickets ($15) are available online HERE. Sell-out shows are expected, so you should get your tickets as soon as possible!

Take the N,R, or W to 49th Street/7th Ave; the 1 to 50th Street; or the A,C,E,Q,2,3,7, or S to Times Square and walk.

Directed and Choreographed by Rachel Klein! Written by Sean Gill! Starring: Leasen Almquist, Kevin G Shinnick, Joe Stipek, Elizabeth Stewart, Kari Warchock, Jillaine Gill, Reagan Wilson, Dana Perry, Robyn Nielsen, Marna Kohn, Megan O'Connor, Michael Porsche, Michele Cavellero, Danielle Marie Fusco, Chala Savino, Helen Wo, Lisa Fiebert, Aimee DeLong, Brian Rubiano, Preston Burger,Freddy Mancilla, and Don DiPaolo! Stage managed by the lovely Miss Marina Steinberg, Costumes by the exquisite Emily Dorwart, Props by the mysterious Lizz Giorgos and the daring Joey Nova, Lighting by the illustrious Lisa Soverino, make-up by the vivacious Anita Rundles! Produced by Rachel Klein Productions in Association with Junta Juleil Theatricals, LTD.

Flavorpill's Review of GO-GO KILLERS!

Originally posted here.



Go-Go Killers!

In the year 2019, the economy is in permanent economic downturn; the rich are richier and bitchier; New Jersey becomes "Old" thanks to global warming; and Go-Go girl gangs dance and slash through an apocalyptic Manhattan. Sean Gill's Go-Go Killers! are perfectly synchronized amazonian street toughs (the appropriately named rival gangs are the nasty Furies and the big-haired Gorgons) speaking in perfect B-movie dialogue. Likewise, the ladies' motivation for killing the rich in the name of their lycra-clad Queen is pure Grindhouse. The plot points are enough to parody, especially since the men are exploited for a change, but director/chroeographer Rachel Klein's numbers are what make Go-Go Killers! truly fun. High-heeled boots, fishnets, glitter, and surfer music mean business — and never go out of style.

– Patricia Contino

©2009. Flavorpill.

J.B. Spins on GO-GO KILLERS!

Original posting can be found HERE.

On-Stage: Go-Go Killers

It was a time when women were women and the men were girly. Actually, that time is ten years in the future, as envisioned through the prism of 1960’s exploitation film. Inspired by the work of soft-core auteur Russ Meyer, as well as more PG-rated girl gang fare, Go-Go Killers (trailer here) is an extravaganza of dancing, fighting, and male emasculation, now running at the Sage Theater, appropriately located in Times Square, the historic home of grindhouse cinema.

Of course, Times Square is respectable now, so the halter tops and hot pants stay safely donned. Go-Go is more about dancing and attitude than that other stuff. In 2019, the Tri-State area is largely a wasteland, except for Manhattan, where real estate prices never seem to fall. The rich get richer, but one by one, they are being assassinated by roving girl gangs. (In the exploitation tradition, the politics are kept simplistic to the point of self-parody.) Marietta falls in with one such gang, the Furies, after being violently cast aside by her jealous ex-fiancé Eugene St. Ives, the petulant son of the fourth richest man in the country.

As fortune would have it, Marietta quickly has the opportunity for some payback. The Furies have a mission to take out #4, and kidnap the ineffectual son Eugene as well as Nelson, their creepy family friend, who also happens to have a place on the top 50 list. Let the class warfare man-bashing begin, and dig that crazy beat.

Logically, the biggest attraction of Go-Go is the spirited go-go dancing, choreographed by director Rachel Klein. She stages the dance numbers with a high energy, groovy “boots-were-made-for-walking” retro charm. There are also some great dancers in the surprisingly large troupe, consisting of the Furies, their rival Gorgons, and distinct Gold and Silver Go-Gos. Elizabeth Stewart is a particular standout as Electra, the leader of the Furies, who whips her pony tail menacingly around, like a medieval morning-star.

It is safe to say dramatic realism is not really Go-Go’s goal, but there are definitely some charismatic performers on-stage, particularly Stewart, Jillaine Gill, and Reagan Wilson as Electra, Godiva, and Pandora, the original Furies. Although Go-Go is really about as risqué as Chicago playing right across Times Square, it embraces the subversive spirit of Meyer’s cult classics. More Roger Corman than Russ Meyer, it might sound like a guilty pleasure, but it is really more of a groovy nostalgia trip. Good clean camp, Go-Go runs Fridays and Saturdays through May 30th.

©2009. J.B. Spins.

GO-GO KILLERS! in Metro- readable version!

A link to the original scan can be found HERE. Click on the photo below for a larger view.

©2009 Metro US. By Heidi Patalano.

GO-GO KILLERS! Article in today's Metro Newspaper!

Turn to Page 16 of New York's most widely circulated free newspaper, and you'll see an article on some familiar faces and a play they call "the best of the B-movie genre." The online version is not yet up; if it does not appear soon, I will transcribe the article for those of you without access to free NYC newspapers.

GO-GO KILLERS! Interview with Sean Gill in PaperMag

GO-GO KILLERS! in Tom Murrin's Stage Notes

It’s 2009, and the country is in the initial stages (perhaps) of a potentially devastating financial crisis, there are clearly widening gaps between the haves and the have-nots, and severe global warming is on the horizon. If you were an imaginative, experienced playwright/filmmaker like Sean Gill, you might wonder what it’s going to be like 10 years from now. Well, he has, and the expert director/choreographer Rachel Klein is going to help him fulfill his apocalyptic vision; with a cast of 22, most of them strong, fierce women who dance, fight and take no prisoners. I spoke with Gill.

So, Sean, things are bad now; how bad are they going to get?
The play takes place in 2019, and by then the shit has totally hit the fan. Global warming has gone unchecked, the sea levels have risen. The rich and the super-rich have all the power and the money, and they choose only to irrigate themselves. The only organized opposition that is left are the Girl Gangs.

Ah!
And they roam the countryside, making calculated strikes against the super-rich. They're attempting to kidnap or kill everyone on the list of the country’s wealthiest citizens. The girls have chosen mythological names to convey the mythological degree of justice they wish to unleash, like The Fates, the Sirens, the Gorgons, and our heroes in the story, The Furies.

OK, so what’s going to happen?
The major conflict is when The Furies are kidnapping and killing at a high society soiree, and there’s some tension between the gangs as to who gets to do what. Every gang wants the glory to themselves. There’s competition between the predators over their prey. So there are catfights. That’s the point of departure.

That all sounds great. Is it funny?
In a sense, it’s prophetic; but yes, it’s funny and it’s meant to be so. But it’s not a parody of those movies of the ‘50s and ‘60s, nor a spoof of them. Nor is it entirely a homage to those films that I love, like Faster, Faster, Pussycat, Kill, Kill! by Russ Meyer, or Switchblade Sisters, by Jack Hill. But I love the trappings of those B- movies, and I’m using those trappings, combined with the tradition of Great American Drama, capital D, to create something which is hopefully at times funny, interesting, dramatic and ultimately, worthwhile.

Also, I wanted to say that it’s the easy route to hit someone over the head with harsh words and torment, and try to make it an experiment in cruelty, but that’s not so easy to digest over 90 minutes. It bounces off and doesn’t sink in. I’ve looked at the movies of Jack Hill and George Romero, and their idea is to butter you up with babes or zombies, but then they come at you with the zingers, like social commentary, consumerism. That’s kind of what Go-Go Killers is. It sort of whispers sweet-nothings into your ears, with hot pants and ass-shaking and lots of glitter, and it lulls you into a complacency, before it starts to tackle what I call “the fun stuff," like gender dynamics, violence, class difference, and how they relate.

The Sage Theater, 711 Seventh Ave., 2nd floor. Tickets available online only at www.smartix.com. May 8- 30, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. $15.

GO-GO KILLERS! named an Editor's Pick by Go! Magazine

May 8–30 at The Sage Theater, catch GO-GO KILLERS—a campy, stylized, choreographic, retro-futuristic performance that depicts the New York metropolitan area ten years hence, imagining the potentially horrific outcomes of both the current economic crisis and the global warming debacle. By “2019,” the gulf between rich and poor has been so widened that anything approximating the middle class ceases to exist. Hordes of stylishly violent women, comprised of go-go dancing gang debs, roam America’s underbelly with the intent to kidnap or kill each member of a list of the nation’s wealthiest citizens. Pulp entertainment takes the stage by a dancing storm!

You can see scans of the print version HERE (page 1) and HERE (page 2).

Special Appearance by the GO-GO KILLERS! tonight at the Luvely Rae's One Night Stand

WHO The Luvely Rae and a special appearance by the GO-GO KILLERS!
WHAT An evening of burlesque where naughty novices and experienced ecdysiast entice you to surrender to the possibilities. Audience Participation is advised. Performances by: Lily Stitches, Blackie Deuce, Lefty Lucy, Scout, Lana La Rue and her Boomer Revue, Plum Manchego, and many more. Special guest performance by Go Go Killers! Hosted by The Luvely Rae.
WHERE Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St., LES
WHEN 8:30pm (doors open) on Tuesday, May 12th

GO-GO KILLERS! Cast at Splash tonight for Musical Mondays!

From Splash's Website:

MAY 11: CAST OF "GO-GO KILLERS" & GO-GO BOY CONTEST
DATE Mon 05-11-09
WHERE Splash
PRODUCER/PROMOTER Scott Nevins
HOST Emily McNamara
OTHER Monday, May 11tth, 11:30pm - "Scott Nevins' Curtain Call" w/ the cast of "Go-Go Killers" PLUS a live casting contest for Go Go Boys on stage @ Splash!

Splash Bar is proud to present a very special edition of Scott Nevins' Curtain Call with the cast of the new Off-Broadway show "Go-Go Killers" plus a live contest to cast the Go-Go Boys for the show on stage at Splash! Tonight, directly following the video madness of "Musical Mondays", Guest Host Emily McNamara welcomes the cast of "Go-Go Killers" as they sing some of your favorite Broadway's tunes and then the Go-Go Boys of the show will participate in a wild and sexy contest! Get there early to grab a seat to watch those legendary musical numbers on the screens, and then sit tight as the cast of "Go-Go Killers" perform live in person! Admission is free until 10pm, $5 after. Must be 21 w/ id. Splash - 50 west 17th st (b/w 5th and 6th)

GO-GO KILLERS! Named a "Homo Must" in HX Magazine

Dancing Queens
Go-Go Killers! @ Sage Theatre Times Square
711 Seventh Av /48th St New York NY 10036 (Hell's Kitchen) Half 60s camp and half futuristic dystopia, Go-Go Killers! is a piercing look at America's dark underbelly, with fierce femme fatales and go-go dancing gangsters. It's just what we imagined the end of the world would be like. $15 Fridays and Saturdays from May 8-30th 2009 8PM

You can see the original listing here.

Go-Go Killers! premieres tonight at the Sage Theater in Times Square!

GO-GO KILLERS! will play at The Sage Theater in Times Square (711 Seventh Avenue (between 47th and 48th), 2nd floor) May 8-30, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm. Tickets ($15) are available online HERE. Sell-out shows are expected, so you should get your tickets as soon as possible!

Take the N,R, or W to 49th Street/7th Ave; the 1 to 50th Street; or the A,C,E,Q,2,3,7, or S to Times Square and walk.

Directed and Choreographed by Rachel Klein! Written by Sean Gill! Starring: Leasen Almquist, Kevin G Shinnick, Joe Stipek, Elizabeth Stewart, Kari Warchock, Jillaine Gill, Reagan Wilson, Dana Perry, Robyn Nielsen, Marna Kohn, Megan O'Connor, Michael Porsche, Michele Cavellero, Danielle Marie Fusco, Chala Savino, Helen Wo, Lisa Fiebert, Aimee DeLong, Brian Rubiano, Preston Burger,Freddy Mancilla, and Don DiPaolo! Stage managed by the lovely Miss Marina Steinberg, Costumes by the exquisite Emily Dorwart, Props by the mysterious Lizz Giorgos and the daring Joey Nova, Lighting by the illustrious Lisa Soverino, make-up by the vivacious Anita Rundles! Produced by Rachel Klein Productions in Association with Junta Juleil Theatricals, LTD.

Presented for your consideration: MANHATTAN, 2019

Presented here, for your perusal, the post-Warming Catastrophe world in which GO-GO KILLERS! (opening Friday!) takes place. (Click on the map for greater detail.)

GO-GO KILLERS! will play at The Sage Theater in Times Square (711 Seventh Avenue, 2nd floor) May 8-30, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm. Tickets ($15) are available online HERE. Sell-out shows are expected, so you should get your tickets as soon as possible!

GO-GO KILLERS! opens May 8th!

GO-GO KILLERS! will play at The Sage Theater in Times Square (711 Seventh Avenue, 2nd floor) May 8-30, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm. Tickets ($15) are available online HERE. Sell-out shows are expected, so you should get your tickets as soon as possible!

GO-GO KILLERS! NEWSREEL: EPISODE 5 Online!

EPISODE 5: GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

The fifth in a series to be released in the weeks leading up to the debut of GO-GO KILLERS! on May 8, 2009 at the Sage Theater in Times Square.

Previous episodes:

EPISODE 1: MANHATTAN, 2019

EPISODE 2: MEET THE FURIES

EPISODE 3: GORGONS! GORGONS! GORGONS!

EPISODE 4: MURDEROUS MAIDSERVANTS

GO-GO KILLERS! NEWSREEL: EPISODE 4 Online!

EPISODE 4: MURDEROUS MAIDSERVANTS

The fourth in a series of several to be released in the weeks leading up to the debut of GO-GO KILLERS! on May 8, 2009 at the Sage Theater in Times Square.

Previous episodes:

EPISODE 1: MANHATTAN, 2019

EPISODE 2: MEET THE FURIES

EPISODE 3: GORGONS! GORGONS! GORGONS!

GO-GO KILLERS! NEWSREEL: EPISODE 3 Online!

EDIT: Video now up and running!

The third in a series of several to be released in the weeks leading up to the debut of GO-GO KILLERS! on May 8, 2009 at the Sage Theater in Times Square.

You can watch the first episode HERE. And the second episode HERE.