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Les Freres Corbusier

Les Freres Corbusier is a New York based theatre company, founded in 2003 by three then-recent Yale graduates Alex Timbers, Aaron Lemon-Strauss, and Jennifer Rogien.[1] It is led by Artistic Director Timbers. Its most recent production was "Love's Labour's Lost" in 2013 and had several new shows in active development as of 2014. Here's Hoover! premiered at Abrons Arts Center in December 2014.

Productions

Les Freres Corbusier is responsible for the Broadway production of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Other works include Love's Labour's Lost at Shakespeare in the Park 2013, Heddatron, Hell House, Boozy, Dance Dance Revolution, President Harding is a Rock Star, The Franklin Thesis, and A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant.[2]

Les Freres is devoted to creating irreverent work that re-envisions well-known historical figures in new idioms and contexts, which allow for their fresh reappraisal and suggest contemporary relevancies. The company makes aggressively visceral theater that combines historical revisionism, sophomoric humor, and rigorous academic research. Les Freres is committed to the notion of a Populist Theater that draws on prevailing pop cultural tastes and comedic sensibilities to speak directly to a mainstream audience.[3] Timbers stated "The idea of mixing comedy and politics has been around as long as mankind has been doing theater." Referring to Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, he noted that "It’s political theater, but one that happens to have this giddy, pop-rock soundtrack."[4]

With Heddatron, "Les Freres Corbusier claims to be forging on in its 'irreverent massacre of historical icons and academic esoterica by taking on famed playwright Henrik Ibsen, the well-made play, and contemporary issues in robotics.'"[5]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ [1] yaleherald.com Archived December 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Sellar, Tom."Revolution, An Odd (And Big!) New Show" Village Voice, December 3, 2008
  3. ^ "Les Freres Corbusier". Archived from the original on July 9, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Piepenburg, Erik.Mashing His Way Through History" New York Times, March 31, 2010
  5. ^ Simonson, Robert."Les Freres Corbusier Returns Off-Broadway with 'Heddatron'" Archived 2012-09-01 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, January 12, 2006
  6. ^ Isherwood, Charles (12 December 2013). "From Brecht to Jukebox Musicals". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Drama Desk Award , 2006-2007" Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine dramadesk.com, accessed June 24, 2011
  8. ^ Willis, John and Hodges, Ben."Awards" Theatre World 2005-2006, Hal Leonard Corporation, 2008, ISBN 1-55783-708-2, p. 315
  9. ^ Hetrick, Adam."'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' Will Rock the Public Through May 9" Archived 2010-07-04 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, April 8, 2010