GALAS at the Ridiculous Theatrical Company
Such are the demands of art that great performers must often display their power and grace in the most outlandish haberdashery. Watch Julius Erving in short pants, Mikhail Baryshnikov in tights—or Charles Ludlam in a turquoise-and-orange evening dress. It is true that Ludlam, the founder, artistic director, playwright-in-residence, director and shining star of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company, can often be seen striding the tiny stage of his Greenwich Village theater in trousers. He has trod these boards as the satyric Bluebeard, as Ebenezer Scrooge, as a neurotic shrink in Reverse Psychology, even as Rufus Foufas,...
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