Thursday, January 15, 2009
Theater Always Be Closing
Posted by Brendan Kiley on Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:32 AM
The Zipper Factory, a theater and tavern, has closed, its owner, Lee Z. Davis, said. The theater, which opened in 2001, was home to productions like “The Sensuous Woman” by Margaret Cho, “Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,” “Jesus Is Magic” by Sarah Silverman, “Betty Rules” and Alan Cumming’s adaptation of Jean Genet’s “Elle.” Payments for advance tickets for shows scheduled at the theater will be refunded. ... “Altar Boyz,” the musical comedy about to begin its fifth year at New World Stages, will make tickets available on a “pay what you can” basis for the 8 p.m. performance on Wednesday. Tickets, which will cost a minimum of $1 for the theater restoration fee, will be available at 7 p.m. on a first-come-first-served basis. Regular prices for the show are $26.50, $59.99 and $79.99.
The Scissor Sisters, apparently, filmed their Filthy/Gorgeous video (directed by John Cameron Mitchell) at The Zipper Factory.
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Crap! no!
we've lost the ohio theater, the cutting room, and now the zipper all within a month.
the devil's advocate in me keeps hoping that this economic downturn (and thusly, failure of high-end development in manhattan) might curb this sad elimination of all things non-pinkberry related in this city.
maybe it still will. RIP guys, you will be missed.
we've lost the ohio theater, the cutting room, and now the zipper all within a month.
the devil's advocate in me keeps hoping that this economic downturn (and thusly, failure of high-end development in manhattan) might curb this sad elimination of all things non-pinkberry related in this city.
maybe it still will. RIP guys, you will be missed.
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The Zipper was a great venue. I did a reading there last year and just saw Seattle's own Jason Webley there just last week (he filmed a video there for a collaboration with Sxip Shirey - coming out soon). The seats were all bench seats out of old cars. Great place. A real loss for the theatre and live music scenes.
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