LAST CHANCE: Imelda, Mahida, Lizzie, Aftermath and More

By Adam Hetrick
13 Oct 2009

Shows about a shoe-loving first lady, an axe-wielding daughter, a devastating hurricane, and a theatrical troupe abroad conclude their Off-Broadway engagements.

Here's Playbill.com's weekly "Last Chance" reminder to catch Broadway, Off-Broadway and world-premiere productions before they close.

Concluding Oct. 17

  • A Disaster Begins (At HERE Arts Center). Tony nominee Veanne Cox relives the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 in Obie winner Ain Gordon's one-woman work born from the M. Halstead disaster series publication of "The Galveston Flood." For tickets visit HERE.

  • Killers and Other Family (Off-Broadway at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater). Rattlestick revives Lucy Thurber's drama about a sister who must confront her unpleasant past when her brother and his cohort arrive and demand that she hide them. For tickets visit Rattlestick.org.

  • Lizzie Borden (At the Living Theatre). Jenny Fellner stars in the title role of the rock musical by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Alan Stevens Hewitt and Tim Maner that takes on the infamous account of the New England woman who was acquitted of murdering her parents with an axe. For tickets visit LizzieBordentheShow.

    Concluding Oct. 18

  • Is Life Worth Living? (Off-Broadway at the Mint Theater). Theatre couple Jordan Baker and Kevin Kilner star in Lennox Robinson's comedy about a pair of married actors who travel with their theatrical troupe across Ireland. For tickets visit MintTheater.

  • Aftermath (Off-Broadway at the at New York Theatre Workshop). Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen's docudrama explores the cost of the Iraq war from the eyes of Iraqi citizens since the arrival of the U.S. military. For tickets visit visit NYTW.org.

  • Mahida's Extra Key to Heaven (Off-Broadway at Symphony Space). The Epic Theatre Ensemble stages the world-premiere production of Russell Davis' haunting play about a painter who visits his mother in the Northwest and encounters a shattered Iranian college student. For tickets visit EpicTheatre.

  • Imelda (Off-Broadway at the Julia Miles Theatre). The Pan Asian Repertory Theatre presents Sachi Oyama, Nathan Wang and Aaron Coleman's musical that stars Jaygee Macapugay as the notorious first lady of the Philippines with a penchant for shoes. For tickets visit Telecharge.