Devilish Comedy 666 Will End Off-Broadway Run on May 30

The Spanish comedy troupe Yllana’s off-Broadway spectacle 666 will play its final performance at the Minetta Lane Theatre on May 30. Directed by David Ottone, the show began performances on March 30 and officially opened on April 15.

666 stars Raul Cano, Joel Farrell, Jeff LaGreca and Lance Windish. Described as Yllana’s “dirtiest and most demented show ever,” 666 begins when three dangerous criminals arrive on death row. Incarceration ironically sets free their wildest fantasies as, trapped between the iron gates and an electrified fence, they interact with each other and with the audience. At the end of all the comically bungled executions, all hell, quite literally, breaks out. The show has been called “a rude and ribald collision between wordless Commedia dell’arte, physical theater and slapstick.”

The comedy theater troupe Yllana, which was formed in 1991, has played throughout the world and in their native Spain where their year-round theater, The Alfil, presents the company’s many original works. Through gestures, sounds and slapstick, Yllana creates its work out of the most common situations of everyday life, combining energy with wit and risk. From the troupe’s first experience on the stage, it has produced 16 shows that have been performed in 31 countries for nearly a million spectators.