Saw tonight's first preview. I had no idea who Mike Birbiglia was, I did not even realize this was a stand-up comedy act. I'm a gay man and I was pretty disappointed. He lays into that cliche of comedy - self deprecation. He borrows from some straight white men who panic at their marginal loss of privilege, and hammers on the importance of himself in respect to others. He is not a misogynist, but through his routine expects the audience to identify and sympathize to the crises (some l
Saw King Kong last night. Was most surprised that they used Justice's "Genesis" for Kong's theme, which got a bit repetitive towards the end of the show. I feel like the artistic theme thought it was a good song but did not know what to do with it after. I actually think that "King Kong" as a Justice jukebox musical would be quite something.
The puppet is worth the spectacle, if that's what you're looking for. Most scenes are 10 seconds too long thou
Not trying to be rude or sassy, but genuinely curious... Why does it surprise you? It's a great play but there's really nothing about it that screams ""hit"."
The original "Torch Song Trilogy" ran on Broadway for almost 3 years. It was a hit back in the 80s.
