By the time the dust settles after tonight's grand finale, 'Stomp' will have played 13 previews and 11,475 performances.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.For almost 29 years, the marquee at the Orpheum Theater in the East Village has looked almost exactly the same: the word "Stomp" in big, bold letters. But today, an era ends in Manhattan: The off-Broadway show “Stomp” – known for its avant-garde noise-making and physically intensive performances – is closing in New York after almost 29 years.
Luke, let's start with you. This show has been part of your life for even longer than it's been in New York. You and your co-creator, Steve McNicholas, brought it all to life in 1991. Your co-creator told The New York Times a quarter century ago — that's 1997 — that you felt like you couldn't walk away from the show. How have you reached this point where you can let it go, in part, to take a final bow?Uh, well that's, that's a question for the producers, not me.
Carlos, you've been with "Stomp" in different capacities for 20 years, right? That's about half of your life. You've performed locally, you've toured, but how did you get pulled into this world and what's kept you around for so long?I basically fell in love with the show — there's no other way to put it. I did not expect any of that when I auditioned, whatsoever.
"Stomp"’s never been that; it's always been about developing through the performers. So the shows change naturally because of the age of the performers. As I've gotten older, the performers have kept to that age or hang around that age. And you've always had that good mix of people in their 30s and 40s, and then people who are like 19, 20. You get that real combination and that's what makes it, that keeps it contemporary.
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