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New York Musical Theatre Festival

 * [318 words, discussion of upcoming NYMF production]


 * [580 words, background, discussion of upcoming NYMF production]


 * [Negative review of Rake Theater/NYMF performance, 272 words]


 * "A cute spoof of children's theater, with some truly funny songs and endearingly loopy performances from a cast of just three. But at two acts and two hours, it overstayed its welcome. Sophocles got the darn story told in 90 minutes, guys. Maybe the creators could cut the uninspired backstage shenanigans and stage a shorter version with another title from the fake company's repertory: Titus Andronicus Bakes a Pie."
 * "A cute spoof of children's theater, with some truly funny songs and endearingly loopy performances from a cast of just three. But at two acts and two hours, it overstayed its welcome. Sophocles got the darn story told in 90 minutes, guys. Maybe the creators could cut the uninspired backstage shenanigans and stage a shorter version with another title from the fake company's repertory: Titus Andronicus Bakes a Pie."

Other productions

 * [Positive review of N.C. Stage Company production, 476 words]


 * [Mixed-positive review of Kordazone production, 507 words]


 * [Positive review of Nearly Naked Theatre's production, 381 words]


 * [Mixed-negative review of Breakthrough Theatre performance, 209 words]


 * [321 words, announcement of concert version at Feinstein's/54 Below]


 * [655 words, announcement of concert version at Feinstein's/54 Below]

Academic discussions of Oedipus adaptations

 * "2006 Oedipus for Kids, with a book by Kimberly Patterson and Gild Varod, music by Robert J. Saferstein, and directed by Dan Fields (New York Times, September 25, 2006)."
 * "2006 Oedipus for Kids, with a book by Kimberly Patterson and Gild Varod, music by Robert J. Saferstein, and directed by Dan Fields (New York Times, September 25, 2006)."


 * " A completely different musical, classifiable as a ‘Musical Dark Comedy’, is Oedipus for Kids, with music by Robert J. Saferstein and Gil Varod, first performed in 2006 by a three-persons troupe (the Fuzzy Duck Theatre Company) dedicated to performing classics for children. Despite their ‘mission’ and the title of this musical, Oedipus for Kids is not really for kids. Lasting about two hours, it has been described as “A spoof of children’s theater, with some truly funny songs and endearingly loopy performance from a cast of just three”, as “Catchy and Funny!”, and as “Funny, well-crafted, and with a charming score”.
 * " A completely different musical, classifiable as a ‘Musical Dark Comedy’, is Oedipus for Kids, with music by Robert J. Saferstein and Gil Varod, first performed in 2006 by a three-persons troupe (the Fuzzy Duck Theatre Company) dedicated to performing classics for children. Despite their ‘mission’ and the title of this musical, Oedipus for Kids is not really for kids. Lasting about two hours, it has been described as “A spoof of children’s theater, with some truly funny songs and endearingly loopy performance from a cast of just three”, as “Catchy and Funny!”, and as “Funny, well-crafted, and with a charming score”.


 * "Tellingly, Gil Varod’s Oedipus for Kids! (2009), a spoof of children’s theatre aimed at adult audiences, derives its humor from the absurd notion of performing a play about incest for children. Featuring songs such as “My Lover Is My Husband Is My Son,” and including a subplot involving “Beanz! Coffee for Kids,” the satire of children’s theatre paints the exposure of kids to “adult” situations like incest (and coffee drinking) as absurd on its face. These comic treatments draw upon a real tradition of tragedy-lite for children, revising the moral dilemmas of the originals into comic contexts, putting their bad acts at a humorous distance."
 * "Tellingly, Gil Varod’s Oedipus for Kids! (2009), a spoof of children’s theatre aimed at adult audiences, derives its humor from the absurd notion of performing a play about incest for children. Featuring songs such as “My Lover Is My Husband Is My Son,” and including a subplot involving “Beanz! Coffee for Kids,” the satire of children’s theatre paints the exposure of kids to “adult” situations like incest (and coffee drinking) as absurd on its face. These comic treatments draw upon a real tradition of tragedy-lite for children, revising the moral dilemmas of the originals into comic contexts, putting their bad acts at a humorous distance."