A Bad Friend
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 9, 2003
Closed Jul 27, 2003
Opened Jun 9, 2003
Closed Jul 27, 2003
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Jerry Zaks directs Jules Feiffer's A Bad Friend. Set in the 1950s, the play focuses on a Brooklyn family whose Communist-party affiliations lead to recriminations and betrayal. This play was was commissioned by Lincoln Center Theater. The cast features Larry Bryggman, Mark Feuerstein, Jonathan Hadary, David Harbour, Jan Maxwell, and Kala Savage.
The opening night performance on Monday, June 9 begins at 6:45pm
There will be an added performance Sunday, June 15 at 7:30pm. There are no matinees on Saturday, May 17 and Wednesday, June 11, and no evening performance Tuesday, June 10.
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Jules Feiffer has said that Naomi, the implacably pro-Stalinist character who sucks the air theatrically from A Bad Friend, is somewhat based on his older sister, Mimi. He's also reported that, in his new play about New York Jews during the politically ominous '50s, Naomi's questioning daughter Rose is a version of himself. Feiffer hasn't said how much he has reshaped Naomi from the sibling with whom he grew up, but there's no denying that the woman who rants through this compelling drama has the dimensions of a domestic monster. The extent to which audiences believe in her will go some way towards determining acceptance of the undeniably engaged and engaging work.
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