CATSKILL, N.Y. Sometimes being ahead of the curve isn’t an asset unless you act on it. “I Am Barbie,” a satirical comedy with social undertones playing at Bridge Street Theatre through Sunday is one such example. The play has had only one other production and that was in 2011. Bridge Street Theatre discovered it […]
CATSKILL, N.Y. Sometimes being ahead of the curve isn’t an asset unless you act on it. “I Am Barbie,” a satirical comedy with social undertones playing at Bridge Street Theatre through Sunday is one such example. The play has had only one other production and that was in 2011. Bridge Street Theatre discovered it […]
The iconic figure is having her say in playwright Walton Beacham’s “I Am Barbie” at Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, N.Y., where it opened over the Labor Day weekend and
I AM BARBIE It's Barbie’s 60th birthday (she still looks absolutely fabulous, by the way), and she celebrates by reminiscing with us about her innumerable careers, everyone’s obsession with her chest, her on-again-off-again relationship with Ken, and with other characters from her life including GI Joe, She-Ra, Skipper, Annette Funicello, Britney Spears, and her creators Ruth Handler and Jack Ryan. What’s it like being a Barbie Girl in a not-so-Barbie world? Bridge Street Theatre presents the East Coast premiere of Walton Beacham’s hilarious and surprisingly touching “I Am Barbie”, August 31-September 10. Come for the laughs, leave with a lump in your throat!