We love taking our seven-year-old to The New Victory Theatre on 42nd Street, one of New York's oldest theatres (1900) now devoted to entertainment for kids and families. The theatre is beautifully restored and is small enough that when we sit in the balcony (seats are less than $20) the view and sightlines are excellent.
"Snap" is a Korean group that "combines mime, shadow graffiti, media art, physical theatre and magic." In other words, it is performance art, including acts and characters like "the oddball," who plays with and balances boxes like the juggler in the Big Apple Circus. The music is loud and the lights are bright and the magic is blatantly fake-looking and the mime is unfunny (few who claim to be "Chaplinesque" show any understanding of Chaplin). There was a fair amount of symbolism that meant little to me but may have meant something to the Koreans in the audience. My daughter did seem to enjoy some parts of it and didn't understand other parts and was somewhat disturbed that some of the younger children present were scared and cried; the show was advertised for six-years-old and up but there was a fair number of younger children present. The theatre has a pleasant staff and a decent selection of snacks.
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