America LoveSexDeath Opens Flea '07/8 Season

The Flea Theater will present America LoveSexDeath, created and performed by the internationally acclaimed Billy The Mime, beginning performances August 23rd for a limited engagement. The production will be the first play of The Flea's 2007 – '08 season.  Opening night is set for September 6th.

"Billy The Mime garnered international attention with his show-stopping appearance in the hit documentary The Aristocrats. Billy has rejuvenated an art form that has been justly ridiculed due to untrained and amateur practitioners, and he has restored its ability to entertain, amuse, shock, and move an audience," state press notes. The play will tackle controversial subject matter with such routines as "JFK JR. We Hardly Knew Ye," "Close To Her: Karen Carpenter," "Slave!," "World War II," "Thomas & Sally: A Night at Monticello," "The Priest and The Altar Boy," "The Abortion," "Terry Schiavo, Adieu," "A Night in San Francisco - 1979," "A Day Called 9/11," "Kurt Cobain: Why?," "Christopher Reeve: A Super Man," "Love & Death: OJ and Nicole," "A Night with Jeffrey Dahmer" and "Virginia Tech 4/16/07."

His appearance in the NY Fringe Festival 2006 played to sold-out houses.  Billy the Mime presented five sold-out shows at the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in 2006 and recently appeared at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in LA and NYC.  His television appearances include "The Jimmy Kimmel Show" on ABC and Penn & Teller's "Bulls**t!" on Showtime.

America LoveSexDeath features set design by Kyle Chepulis, lighting design by Brian Aldous, costume design by Eleni J. Christou, and graphic design by David Prittie.

Performances which run from August 23 through September 29, will be Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 7:00PM, Thursday through Saturday at 7 PM and 10 PM at the Flea Theater (41 White Street, between Church and Broadway. Tickets will be $35 Tuesday through Thursday, $40 Friday and Saturday. For tickets and more information, visit www.theflea.org or call 212-352-3101.

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