Just a quick note since I already plugged this on its last two runs and briefly reviewed it, but if you still couldn’t get yourself off the couch to check it out you’ve got another chance.

Rude Mechanicals presents Get Your War On

WHEN: September 6 - 22, 2007 | 15 performances only!
WHERE: 2211-A Hidalgo St., Austin, TX 78702 | MAP
TICKETS:
Thursdays are Pay-What-You-Can | Fridays & Saturdays are Sliding Scale $12 - $30
Purchase tickets online or call 512-389-0315 or 888-512-SHOW

It’s still completely relevant since, like the crazed old man who picks fights with his neighbors, Bush and Co. seem bound and determined to repeat this whole Iraq fiasco or worse with Iran. At least we can laugh our way to Armageddon.

So, I said I’d get back with a review on Saturday after checking out Rude Mech’s GYWO Friday night and now it’s Monday. I should know better than to set myself deadlines.

Austinist did a nice recap of the local reviews and one of their own. I wasn’t as put off by the flashbacks as the Austinist kids were, the overhead projector is genius and I agree with Katherine Catmull’s assessment of the show (and not just because she’s my next-door neighbor):

The audience responded with the drunken, desperate laughter of people in a spiraling plane. I left exhilarated.

If you’re already familiar with the strips, go to the show anyway. It didn’t bother me that I already knew many of the lines or scenes. In fact, having people do them live added to them and made them even funnier. And, it probably would’ve busted the budget, but they should’ve had someone dress up as Voltron.

Bottom line: you’ll really be kicking yourself next week if you don’t check it out. The last four shows are this Friday and Saturday, 8pm and 10pm. You’ll probably want to purchase tickets in advance either by phone or online as all performances have been selling out.

The previously mentioned Rude Mechanicals production of Get Your War On has extended it’s run. It will now go until February 11th instead of February 4th as originally planned and they’ve added a second 10pm show on some nights. These all appear to be selling out, so you’d better get moving if you want to see it. I’ve got tickets for Friday night and will report back to you, faithful Metroblogging readers, on Saturday.

Last spring, I mentioned that the Rude Mechanicals theatre company was doing David Rees’s Get Your War On. I missed it last time, but it did well enough that they’ve brought it back for a second run which starts tomorrow and runs until February 4th. The shows are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm at The Off Center 2211-A Hidalgo St., Austin, TX 78702. You can call 512-476-RUDE (7833) or make reservations online.

The Austinist kids beat me to it, but I just noticed this afternoon on one of my periodic checks of David Rees’s site that a staged adaptation of his Get Your War On strip is being performed locally by Rude Mechanicals theater collective. It started this past Thursday, but runs another two weeks. I’m not sure how well Rees’s hilarious strip will translate to a live stage setting, but the results should be interesting at the very least.

I saw Rees speak at Alamo Village at the Texas Book Fair just before last fall’s national elections. He was damn funny, if a bit overconfident that the election would turn out differently than it did. I’m all for anything that promotes that strip, so go check it out. You’ll be supporting him and local theater in one event. How can you argue with that?