Boozy: The Life, Death, and Subsequent Vilification of Le Corbusier, and, More Importantly, Robert Moses
February 2005: Ohio Theatre
May 2005: The Culture Project @ 45 Bleecker
Named Top 10 of 2005 by Time Out New York and the New York Daily News
Nominated for an American Theatre Wing Hewes Design Award (Best Video Design)
The Freedom Tower? The West Side Stadium? New York architecture needs a swift kick in the ass.
With Boozy, Les Freres Corbusier finally puts the punk rock back into New York urban planning: Amidst a blaze of streaming media, ridiculous choreography, and dozens of live fornicating rabbits, famed French architect Le Corbusier inspires builder Robert Moses in his desperate battle to recreate New York.
Freemasons dance, FDR levitates, and Daniel Libeskind silently weeps. None shall be spared.
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David Morris
Alex Timbers
Alex Timbers
Aaron Lemon-Strauss
Douglas J. Cohen
Katherine Profeta
Anne Davison
David Evans Morris
Juliet Chia
Jenny Mannis
Bart Fasbender
Jacob Pinholster
Harry Rosenblum
Mike Solomon
Toni Marie Davis
Misha Siegel-Rivers
Kat West
Paul Davis
Richard Kornberg and Associates
Cast:Virginia Callaway, Matthew DeVriendt, Simon Feil, Jacob Grigolia-Rosenbaum, Nina Hellman, Shareefah Hamilton, Scott Hoffer, Ryan Karels, Leslie Klug, Daniel Larlham, Brian McTaminey, Max Miner, Liz Meriwether, Ian Oldaker, Keith Price, John Summerour, Mary C. Wilson
For more information: www.lesfreres.org/boozy
New York Times| Feature Article
The Architecture Community Responds to Boozy: "Le Corbusier 'would have really liked this play.'"
New York Times| Feature Article
"Les Freres' intentions are more profound: to engage their audience... in a nuanced discussion of urban planning."
Time Out New York| Feature Article
"Timbers & Co. invariably mesh hipster aesthetics with an effervescent braininess."
New York Times
"Clever, slickly produced and consistently entertaining... An all-out attack on the senses... A delightfully good time."
New York Post
"A madcap, absurdist romp that makes Richard Foreman's productions look stodgy!"
New York Daily News
"Overflows with inventiveness, sly humor and a rollicking spirit"
Time Out New York
"Brecht by way of Monty Python... A whacked-out, punked up look at the history of urban planning in New York... Boozy has a grinning, absurdist bravura... Thought-provoking... A silly-smart kick..."
New York Newsday
"Fearless... Hilarious... Equal parts rigor and ridiculousness..."
Village Voice
"Les Freres' improbable cocktail of history, ideas, and erudite jokes goes down fast and easy... Driven by director Alex Timbers' inventive whimsy, the group offers a tour de force of ironic pageantry, fueled by pox-on-your-houses political indignation and plenty of smartass humor..."
Associated Press
"Hilarious... A crazy quilt blend of fact and fiction..."