Hand to God 2015
Run Time:
One hour and 55 minutes with one intermission
One hour and 55 minutes with one intermission
Ages: 14+
Opened: April 7, 2015Closing: January 03, 2016
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Booth Theatre (Broadway)
222 West 45th St. New York, NY
The hilarious and provocative Hand to God centers on shy, inquisitive student Jason, who finds an outlet for his burgeoning creativity at the Christian Puppet Ministry in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small town of Cypress, Texas. Jason's complicated relationships with the town pastor, the school bully, the girl next door and-most especially-his mother are thrown into further upheaval when Jason's hand puppet Tyrone-once soft-spoken-takes on a shocking and dangerously irreverent personality all its own. As Tyrone's influence over Jason steadily grows, Hand to God explores the startlingly fragile nature of faith, morality, and the ties that bind us.
Hand to God will feature the complete cast of the hit 2014 MCC Theater production: Steven Boyer as Jason/Tyrone; Geneva Carr, in her Broadway debut, as Margery; Tony Award nominee Marc Kudisch as Pastor Greg; Sarah Stiles as Jessica; and Michael Oberholtzer, in his Broadway debut, as Timmy. Boyer reprises the role for which he has been honored with an Obie Award, the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play, the Actors' Equity Association Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Newcomer, and a citation from the Drama League for Distinguished Performance, among other awards.
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For One Young Man, an Idle Hand is the Devil's Workshop
7 / 10
Boyer so skillfully separates the roles of awkward teen and possessed puppet you can forget you're watching just one performer. Carr, too, is super-likable as a woman susceptible to bad choices and blind to her son's struggles...There are stand-alone scenes in 'Hand to God' that will floor you....Structurally, 'Hand to God' never quite adds up to the sum of its brilliant parts. There are only so many ways we can be told that faith isn't quite enough, and that we need to find specific ways of dealing with our problems...'Hand to God' helped me finally see the allure in using a puppet to express feelings. It offers distance from ourselves, enabling us to say what we mean-what we feel-without tripping over the baggage that makes it hard to be a human: Will what I say hurt feelings? Is it morally dicey? Is it perverted? There's obviously some Tyrone in all of us. Praise the devil he's found a way to be heard?
‘Hand to God’ review: Steven Boyer devilishly good in Robert Askins' smart, funny, foul-mouthed comedy
8 / 10
The new Broadway comedy 'Hand to God' is so ridiculously raunchy, irreverent and funny it's bound to leave you sore from laughing. Ah, hurts so good...As in two earlier downtown runs of the show, Steven Boyer stars as Jason, and his acting and puppeteering are exceptional. Watching him do battle against his own dark side - Tyrone appears to yank him like a rag doll - is as good as physical comedy gets. It can't be outdone - and shouldn't be missed...But Askins, in his Broadway debut, proves deft at writing dialogue that's hysterical and at serving up insights about organized religion and family dysfunction. He's unapologetically profane - prompting a handful of walkouts after a line about body fluids at a recent performance. Their loss. Ultimately, Askins gets to what pain does to people. All the characters - even the cloth one - are up to their eyeballs in agony. Under the direction of Moritz von Stuelpnagel, the production zips by. It's not typical Broadway fare, but all involved deserve a big hand.
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Hand to God FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What productions of Hand to God have there been?
Hand to God has had 3 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 2014, Broadway which opened in 2015 and West End which opened in 2016.
What Tony Awards has Hand to God been nominated for?
Hand to God has been nominated for Best Play and Best Direction of a Play for Moritz von Stuelpnagel at the Tony Awards.
What awards has Hand to God been nominated for?
Hand to God has been nominated for the Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play at the Drama League Awards for Robert Askins and the Theatre World Award at the Theatre World Awards for Geneva Carr.
What awards has Hand to God won?
Hand to God has won the Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play at the Drama League Awards for Robert Askins and the Theatre World Award at the Theatre World Awards for Geneva Carr.
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