![]() ![]() This isn’t a delusion on the part of the game, but a nod of the head to the myth. It’s bright and cheery with its primary colors and clean lines suburbs as they’re advertised, not as they are. Certainly some games set up the bumper pads to soften the pain of tactical mistakes, but others simply offer the illusion of safety. After all, good decisions advance you towards victory and bad decisions away from it, no matter what feelings those decisions evoke. The line between agonizing decisions and a friendly buffet of options in board gaming is thinner than you’d think. Like an ice cream parlor displaying its sweet treats in glass-shielded rows, both parts–drafting and placement–offer up a suite of tasty options. ![]() For more information, go to Alspach’s Suburbia combines two simple pleasures, drafting and tile-placement, as well as any game ever made. ![]() Tickets to subUrbia at Second Stage, 307 West 43rd Street (just off Eighth Ave.), are available by calling (212) 246-4422 or (800) 766-6048. 23-April 15, 2007) as well as a spring production yet to be announced. 4, 2007) and Terrence McNally's Some Men (Feb. The new 2006-2007 season at Second Stage will also include Theresa Rebeck's The Scene (Dec. Kelli Garner ( Dog Sees God.) was previously announced to play the role of Sooze in the production, but had to withdraw due to a film conflict. The design team will include Richard Hoover(scenic), Mimi O'Donnell (costume), David Weiner (lighting) and Rob Kaplowitz (sound). The new cast of subUrbia will feature Diksha Basu ( Harvest), Jessica Capshaw ( Fat Pig, "The Practice"), Kieran Culkin ( After Ashley, "Igby Goes Down") Michael Esper ( Manic Flight Reaction, Big Bill), Halley Feiffer ( Urgent Fury, "The Squid and the Whale"), Gaby Hoffmann ( Third, "You Can Count On Me"), Daniel Eric Gold ( The Paris Letter, Small Tragedy, Cagelove), Manu Narayan ( Bombay Dreams, Getting Home) and Peter Scanavino ( Shining City, The Moonlight Room). The work, which debuted in 1994 at Lincoln Center, returns to New York more than a decade later. In subUrbia, Bogosian takes an anti-utopian look into the lives of seven youths who meet at the parking lot of a Pakistani-owned convenience store. Second Stage artistic associate (and Bogosian's wife) Jo Bonney - who has helmed A Soldier’s Play and Living Out for the company - directs an updated production of the play at the midtown venue through Oct. Halley Feiffer and Kieran Culkin in subUrbia. ![]()
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