Review: "Queen of Hearts" Conjures a Decadent Wonderland
Queen of Hearts Conceived, choreographed, and directed by Austin McCormick Presented by Company XIV at Théâtre XIV (21+ only) 383 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, NYC July 25-November 2, 2019 Nolan McKew, Làszlò Major, Ian Spring, Sam Urdang, Nicholas Katen, Michael Cunio, LEXXE, Lilin Lace, Jacoby Pruitt, Ryan Redmond, Ross Katen, Jourdan Epstein, Allison Schuster, Marcy Richardson. Photo credit: Mark Shelby Perry. Queen of Hearts begins its first chapter, "Lady Alice," with Alice (LEXXE) installed on a bed set before a trio of mirrored wardrobes, pausing to regard herself in a handheld looking glass or to accept or wave away dainties and other offerings from servants. Soon enough, though, she is off down the rabbit hole, losing her baroque wig and eighteenth-century dress in the process. From there, Austin McCormick and Company XIV reimagine the major characters and events of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as a stunning, heady fusion ...