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Beauty on the Vine
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 2, 2007
Closed Jun 3, 2007

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http://www.epictheatrectr.org

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Inspired by a chance encounter with rocker Courtney Love, Zak Berkman's Beauty On The Vine is a romantic fable about the power of the human face in an age of extreme plastic surgery.

Sweet calls himself a "mutt." Is he Black? Native? Croate? He doesn¹t know his parents, where he's from, or if he ever had a name. But he finds his home when he falls in love with Lauren Chickering, a fast-rising star of right-wing radio who knows exactly who she is and how she wants to change America. Lauren wants to inspire girls of the Lindsay Lohan generation to become involved in the Republican Party, but her success has also inspired a series of events that leads to a brutal murder. Trying to understand the motive and meaning of Lauren's death, Sweet joins Lauren's father, Daniel, on a journey through the looking glass into a highly disturbing Wonderland where appearances are always deceiving.

The cast features Helen Piper Coxe, Barbara Garrick, Howard Overshown (Yellowman) and Jessica Richardson.

Scenic Design is by Narelle Sissons, Lighting Design is by Justin Townsend, Sound Design is by Ryan Rumery and Costume Design is by Gabrielle Berry. David Schweizer directs.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Clurman Theatre
410 W 42nd St
New York, NY 10036


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

I'm assuming Zak Berkman doesn't have a terminal disease. But his new play Beauty on the Vine sounds like the work of someone who's been told he has only a month to live and has therefore been forced to throw every idea, character, and plot device he's ever had in his head into one play.

Two hours just simply isn't enough time to cover the evils of plastic surgery, the downside of national fame, the question of mixed-race identity, and the ideological problems of both the Republican and Democratic parties. Further, given that Berkman is actually the founder of the Epic Theater Company, which is presenting the play at the Clurman, you really would expect that he'd get another chance at the [...]


Reviewed by Brian Scott Lipton on May 3, 2007

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