Happy Opening/Closing: Hound Dog

We just wrapped our shorter than expected run of Hound Dog at Ars Nova. Despite playing to full houses every night, our run was not extended as we were told it would be. We were all pretty disappointed by this decision. I won’t say much more on here about it, but theater is a business and we are all looking forward to our next endeavors.

I wanted to share some photos from our opening and closing parties. Closing was a particular highlight because it was held on the rooftop of our theater, Barrow Street Theater @ Greenwich House. After reading the wikipedia page for Greenwich House early on in the tech process, I learned that there was a playground atop the building. Because there’s also a preschool in the building, we weren’t permitted to explore other than the theater and basement dressing rooms. The building’s security guard, Calvin, kindly informed me and bassist Mel Hsu of that fact when we tried to take the elevator to the roof during our first week in the theater! Whoops!

Here are the photos, all by HanJie Chow.

The full company on our amazing set

Your truly

Hot band alert: The Flaming Sultans! Me, Sahar Milani, Maya Sharpe, and Mel Hsu

The Flaming Sultans at closing on the roof of Greenwich House