Comic Potential
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 16, 2000
Closed Jan 7, 2001
Opened Nov 16, 2000
Closed Jan 7, 2001
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Alan Ayckbourn's 53rd play is a hilarious satire of television's formulaic programming. Set in the "forseeable" future, stars of television sit-coms have been replaced by "actoids." A brilliant look at comedy and humanity follows a pair of unlikely lovers and their uncertain future. John Tillinger directs Comic Potential, which stars Janie Dee, who won the Olivier, Evening Standard, and Critics Circle Awards for her performance in this futuristic black comedy.
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New York City Center - Stage I
131 W 55th St
New York, NY 10019
This mainstage at MTC is a 299-seat house with a proscenium stage. Originally a prolific showcase theater, this space has become one of the country's most productive and prestigious theaters. The overall quality of the productions cannot be matched [...] Read More
131 W 55th St
New York, NY 10019
This mainstage at MTC is a 299-seat house with a proscenium stage. Originally a prolific showcase theater, this space has become one of the country's most productive and prestigious theaters. The overall quality of the productions cannot be matched [...] Read More
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Calling a play Comic Potential is asking for trouble. You've got to live up to the title's implications. If you don't, it's bound to be noticed. With his skatey-eighth comedy, prolific Alan Ayckbourn does and doesn't deliver the goods; in this amiable shambles of a light-hearted romance he fulfills some of the potential but far from all of it.
As usual with Ayckbourn, there's a gimmick. This time, it's that the play is set well into our new century and begins on the set of a soap opera where the performers are
robots--"actoids," as they're known. The main actoid is a blonde mechanical whose name (or, more precisely, serial number) is JCF31333. She becomes, however, just plain Jacie[...]