Pressed for Time: David Neumann's Big Eater

  Mar. 10 through 13, The Kitchen, 519 W. 19th St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-255-5793; 8, $15.

Sometimes there is a work whose very premise proves irresistible. Such is the case with David Neumann’s Big Eater, an evening-length dance based on a video—the video—of David Hasselhoff drunk in a hotel hallway attempting the ingestion of a cheeseburger. But, premise aside, Neumann’s work is as touching as it is strange and you never feel, no matter how absurd the material seems, that he’s taking the piss.That he holds it in is testament to his creative discipline. Bottom Line: With The National Enquirer up for a Pulitzer, could a dance about a TMZ video win a Bessie? This one could.