Mikhail Baryshnikov, Willem Dafoe are live-action Itchy and Scratchy in ‘The Old Woman’

The Old Woman is pretty much a live-action version of “The Itchy & Scratchy Show” starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Willem Dafoe. This new theatrical piece has all the vaudevillian shtick — oversize props, funny voices, shrill sound effects — of the fictional animated series. There’s even a cardboard-cutout gun and an exploding box, as well as a similar quasi-S&M relationship between the principals, here clad in tight, shiny black suits and dramatic black-and-white makeup. But since we’re at BAM and not watching The Simpsons in our pajamas, the pedigree is high-brow chic. International-festival darling Robert Wilson (Einstein on the Beach) handled staging, sets and lighting, and the score — part demonic circus music, part recycled spirituals — was put together by the inventive Hal Willner.