King of Shadows
Opening Night: September 9, 2008
Closing: September 28, 2008
Theater: Theatre for the New City
The play centers around Nihar, a 15-year-old homeless runaway selling sex to survive, who claims he’s being pursued by supernatural demons. When Jessica, a young social worker, takes him in, he forms a dangerous bond with her teenage sister that threatens everything she values.
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September 9, 2008
Sci-fi and horror are not genres you often encounter on the legitimate stage. Yet in “King of Shadows,” which is being staged by the Working Theater, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has concocted a diverting and at times intriguing thriller by blending elements of Shakespeare and Stephen King.
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