Stage and screen actor William Shatner is headed to Broadway with a limited engagement of SHATNER'S WORD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT which will play at the Music Box Theater.
Shatner's Broadway engagement is said to kick off a national tour of his show, for which promotional notes proclaim "Mr. Shatner, best known for his varying roles as Cpt. James T. Kirk, T.J. Hooker and Attorney Denny Crane, will be coming to a city near you this Fall. With a career spanning more than 7 decades, Mr. Shatner’s career in entertainment and philanthropy work is unparalleled by any other Canadian born entertainer. Mr. Shatner will be taking attendees on a wild ride through his life and career and singing songs as only he can."
Shatner and his director, Scott Faris, aren’t exploring any formal frontiers in this minimalist setup. There are a couple of chairs, a few unused props and a large planet-shaped screen upon which the crew projects photos and videos from Shatner’s career on stage and famously in the “Star Trek” series and movies. In between these video interludes, Shatner pilots a rolling office chair, regaling us with tales of his boyhood in Montreal, early thespian experiences with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and how “Star Trek” led to a long-standing friendship with NASA.
Sure, there’s a whiff of irony in all of the get-a-load-of-me. And the show is painless and amusing. But there’s no structure, flow or overarching theme during its 90 minutes, so it meanders. Like my attention.
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