[NoHo Arts District, CA] – Warhol/Frankenstein 4D!, the latest exercise in depravity from local playwright Steven Vlasak, continues its popular run at North Hollywood’s Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre.
About Warhol/Frankenstein 4D!
The five-member cast portrays Andy Warhol and his stable of superstars, graphicly recreating the wild 60s New York Factory years.
Pop Art innovator Andy Warhol moved into making edgy underground films, and in consort with confidant Paul Morrissey, the two cook up Flesh for Frankenstein, with the Zombie Joe’s Underground stage show culminating in a cringe-inducing recreation of the camp cult film. But are the monsters Andy’s created for his cinematic assault his debauched actors or himself?
The Warhol/Frankenstein 4D! Cast
The cast does an impressive job of populating the era, with Dan Novey as Andy Warhol, Andrew Goetten as Paul Morrissey, Jordan Mullins as both a captivating Edie Sedgwick and a terrifying Bride of Frankenstein, Emma Jansen as Valerie Solanas, who just wants Andy to help make her famous, and also as Brigid Berlin Polk, a creative artist in her own right. Danny McCarthy rounds out the cast by portraying five different characters, including Lou Reed, and Udo Kier as Baron Frankenstein in the climactic closing scenes.
In true Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre fashion, as written and directed by Steven Vlasak, it’s all just an excuse for gratuitous bloodshed and nudity, with the front row serving as a poncho-clad Splash Zone, and all with tongues firmly planted in cheeks.
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