Let Me Down Easy
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 9, 2008
Closed Feb 3, 2008
Opened Jan 9, 2008
Closed Feb 3, 2008
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The Long Wharf Theatre presents the world premiere of Let Me Down Easy, a new solo show written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith, directed by Stephen Wadsworth.
The show is inspired by interviews that Smith conducted as a visiting professor at the Yale University School of Medicine and explores the resiliency and vulnerability of the human body.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Long Wharf Theatre
222 Sargent Dr
New Haven, CT 06511
Long Wharf Theatre was founded in 1965 by Jon Jory and Harlan Kleinman. The Long Wharf Theatre is dedicated to cultivating audiences that reflect the state of Connecticut and the diversity of its cities as well as its rural and suburban areas, and se [...] Read More
222 Sargent Dr
New Haven, CT 06511
Long Wharf Theatre was founded in 1965 by Jon Jory and Harlan Kleinman. The Long Wharf Theatre is dedicated to cultivating audiences that reflect the state of Connecticut and the diversity of its cities as well as its rural and suburban areas, and se [...] Read More
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Anna Deavere Smith's uncannily accurate vocal/physical impersonations are abundantly evident in Let Me Down Easy, making its world premiere at New Haven's Long Wharf Theater. But they're just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Her latest anthology of quick-sketch impressions -- this one focused on the theme of the body -- also includes her ease in homing in on the core message of our meandering human musings and, even before she starts culling and editing, her skill in getting her interview subjects to spill.
Among the figures she captures in this latest compilation are Lance Armstrong, analyzing the factors of his cancer-defying Tour de France victories in an offhand near-monotone, and Wa[...]