A Thousand Clowns
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Opened Jul 11, 2001
Closed Sep 23, 2001
Opened Jul 11, 2001
Closed Sep 23, 2001
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Tom Selleck, best known for Magnum P.I. and Three Men and a Baby, makes his Broadway debut in this new production of Herb Gardner's cult comedy A Thousand Clowns. Murray Burns, a former kid-show writer and surly society dropout, is being pressured to "drop back in" for the sake of his young nephew who has moved in with him. John Rando directs.
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There are fewer clowns in the current Broadway production of Herb Gardner's A Thousand Clowns. And that isn't necessarily a bad thing. John Rando directs and TV star Tom Selleck stars in a more serious, somewhat sadder version of the play than we have previously seen.
This is not to say that the humor has been drained out of this witty work, but rather that the emphasis has subtly shifted away from the tempestuous quirkiness of its hero, Murray Burns (Selleck). It is now more pointedly centered on the sacrifice that Murray must make for the good of his young nephew. In this production, Murray isn't just a noble, loveable eccentric who finally gives in to the demands of society in the name[...]