The one and only original, hilarious, HOLIDAY parody will be available for licensing again in the USA and beyond! This play/psuedo musical has delighted and entertained New York's Off Broadway audiences for 4 seasons... "The ButtCracker" is set in the modern day, spoofing not only the story of the Nutcracker ballet but also all of the popular dance/movies/television shows spanning the last few decades. As we open Act One, it is Christmas Eve and "Cocoa," a clumsy and insecure 25 year old, is questioning her life's direction, (and which borough to live in) until she receives an 'accidental' Christmas gift of black ballet slippers, a gift from her middle class father who ("thought them we're bowlin' shoes" when he purchased them from a local pawn shop.) Refusing to let her Pop take them back for an exchange, she slips them on and finds them quite fascinating, and magical! After attempting a few clumsy pirouettes in her bedroom while dancing with her nutcracker doll, she slams herself in the head with it, knocking herself out, prompting the comedic and transformational dream-like journey which becomes the rest of the play. She awakens at a "Prawn Lake" audition, where she meets the "fantastical" versions of people she knows in her real life, only this time in a twisted world of dance, dreams, pop culture, and a Manhattan/Brooklyn borough war which involves a "no dance" ordinance (due to "disco and rock and roll induced accidents and deaths off the Brooklyn Bridge") Juxtaposing the themes of Footloose, Dirty Dancing, Fame, Flashdance, and many others, the plot creates the antics of "Crashdance," "Prancing with the Stars," "Cutloose," "Lord of the Pants," and "Saturday Night Beaver," in a hilarious journey including men in tights and Tutu's, dueling ballerinas, and disco fever gone awry. This psuedo-musical, in the end, leaves you wondering, WAS it just a dream or did something "funny" happen on the way to the ballet?
WARNING! This show is rated "R" for "Ridiculousness, for absurdity, men in pink tights and tutu's, and vulgar movements!"
Jade Esteban Estrada, Arts and Entertainment Columnist for the Villager-New York & the Downtown Express-New York said...
"A BUTT-CRACKING GOOD TIME!! Hanging Cow Productions shows its true colors with "The Buttcracker... It's delightful to be present at this show. First of all-get into parody mode. The Buttcracker is a take off of famous dance movies from the Red Shoes to Dirty Dancing and it is a melting pot of all sorts of gorgeous memorabilia."
Anthony Bolinsky of the Village Voice said "The 2014 ButtCracker was a BLAST!"
