Colin Quinn: Long Story Short
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Opened Jun 19, 2010
Closed Sep 4, 2010
Opened Jun 19, 2010
Closed Sep 4, 2010
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Covering more than 2000 years in 75 minutes, Long Story Short is Colin Quinn's hilarious look at the ups and downs of great civilizations gone wrong. In this one-man sendup, Quinn channels comedic personalities of nations past, offering satirical takes on the attitudes, appetites and habits that toppled powerful empires. Charting a comical course from the excess of ancient Rome to WalMart/Costco/BestBuy, Quinn proves that the forces undermining the American empire are as old as time. Directed by Jerry Seinfeld, the moral of Long Story Short is that the greatest Empires of history, like most people, have a basic approach to life and never really change, even if it is clearly leading them to ruin.
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In his new solo show,
Long Story Short, at 45 Bleecker, former Saturday Night Live star Colin Quinn sets out, in his fashion, to tell the whole history of the world in a mere 75 minutes. While he may not totally accomplish that obviously impossible goal, Quinn nevertheless provides a clever and informative look at many past civilizations, while also making astute and often hilarious observations about how our current behavior is informed by where we've come from.
The piece, which has been directed by superstar Jerry Seinfeld, takes the form of an illustrated lecture -- Aaron Rhyne's gorgeous projections are truly something to behold -- in which Quinn discusses everything from ancient Greek [...]