" FRIED CHICKEN AND LATKES"--A MUST SEE !!!
(at the ACTORS TEMPLE THEATER -NYC)
--FUNNY !!!
--CREATIVE !!!
--POIGNANT !!!
--BRILLIANT !!!
--AWARD WINNING PLAY !!!
"Fried Chicken and Latkes played to sold out crowds and standing ovations every night at the 375 seat Canon Theatre in Beverly Hills, CA, and repeated that success at the Culture Project in New York, Chicago, Ohio, Virginia, Texas, and Scotland..." (WOODSTOCK FRINGE)
I AM A HUGE THEATER FAN/SUPPORTER. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SEE MANY GENRES OF THEATER; FEW, HOWEVER, HAVE BEEN MILESTONES- "FRIED CHICKEN AND LATKES" RANKS AS ONE OF THEM.
THE FIRST PLAY I EVER SAW ON BROADWAY WAS "GODSPELL". I WAS HOOKED ON MUSICALS AT THAT POINT. AT INTERMISSION THEY INVITED THE AUDIENCE TO COME ON STAGE AND DRINK WINE, (I'M SURE IT WAS GRAPE JUICE--SUSPEND I TOLD MYSELF, IT'S THEATER), WITH THE CAST. I WAS HOOKED.
THIS FIRST MILESTONE LEAD ME TO NAVIGATE TOWARDS MORE & MORE MUSICALS-SEEING "A CHORUS LINE 5X; LES MIZ 4X, ETC.
THEN IN 1984 I HAD A LIFE ALTERING EXPERIENCE, IN THE GREAT WHITE WAY, WHEN I SAW THE BRILLIANCE OF WHOOPI GOLDBERG IN HER ONE WOMAN SHOW. I THEN STARTED EXPANDING MY HORIZONS TO DRAMAS/COMEDIES AS WELL. MILESTONE NUMBER 2.
WHAT RAIN PRYOR DOES IS YET ANOTHER MILESTONE. NOT ONLY DOES SHE DO CHARACTERIZATIONS, AS WHOOPI DID, BUT THIS AMAZING ARTIST SINGS, DANCES AND USES BELLY ACHING HUMOR TO TAKE THE AUDIENCE ON A JOURNEY OF HER UNCONVENTIONAL LIFE: BEING HALF, WHITE JEWISH & HALF, BLACK (HENCE THE TITLE) AND HAVING THE EXTREMELY UNCONVENTIONAL FATHER, RICHARD PRYOR.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH OF HOW HER GENIUS IS ABLE TO EMBODY SO MUCH IN THE SHORT SPAN OF ONE HOUR.
THE TICKETS ARE INEXPENSIVE WITH A PRICELESS RETURN. DO NOT MISS IT!
TREAT YOURSELF, YOU WILL THANK ME.
I HAD READ HER BOOK AND HAD SEEN HER ON TV BUT BOTH WERE UNDERWHELMING WHICH LEAD ME TO THIS PLAY WITH MEDIUM TO LOW EXPECTATIONS. I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE SURPRISED AND THANKFUL.
LUCKILY SHE IS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO THANK HER GUESTS IN THE LOBBY WHEN THE SHOW IS OVER AND I MADE SURE SHE REALIZED WHAT AN IMPACT IT HAD MADE ON ME.
I'D GLADLY SEE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN...
A BROADWAY HOUSE NEEDS TO COME CALLING.
SHE DESERVES A HUGE SPACE, A NEW AGENT TO PROMOTE THE SHOW BETTER AND PERHAPS A TITLE CHANGE ( MAYBE INCLUDING HER FATHER'S NAME) ---THE AUDIENCES WILL FLOCK TO IT !
GO TO: BROADWAY.COM ---TO SEE RAIN PRYOR EXPLAIN IT BEST-------YOU'RE WELCOME---LOL
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( ONE PIECE OF ADVISE: EVEN IF IT'S THE QUESTIONABLE WIKIPEDIA, READ ABOUT HER LIFE PRIOR TO SEEING THE PLAY SO YOU CAN APPRECIATE THE TRANSLATION FULLY)
BTW, I OWN THE BOOK THE SHOW IS BASED ON IN CASE ANYONE I KNOW WANTS TO READ IT
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