East 14th
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jul 10, 2008
Closed Sep 6, 2008
Opened Jul 10, 2008
Closed Sep 6, 2008
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What do you do when your mother divorces your father, then remarries a devout follower of "that religion," who takes you door-knocking at 7 o'clock in the morning? You escape and move in with dear old dad of course. Problem solved. Until you discover your real pop is a real pimp...for real. East 14th: True Tales of a Reluctant Player is the hysterical one-man show chronicling Don Reed's true coming-of-age story in 1970s Oakland. From being forced to deliver the gospel door to door, to living on "Ho Row", Don Reed takes you down a road you'll never forget. At times moving and poignant, but always funny to the core, East 14th: True Tales of a Reluctant Player will make you laugh until you cry, and then laugh all over again.
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Not since John Leguizamo morphed from character to character in his now-famous early solo shows about his youth has there been an actor quite as accomplished in such theatrical daring-do as Don Reed, whose autobiographical solo show, East 14th, is now at New World Stages. If Reed's show doesn't have the same sense of explosive freshness that Leguizamo first displayed, nor is the writing quite as dynamic, there is no doubt that his multi-talented abilities as an actor, comedian, dancer, and storyteller are very much in evidence here.
Reed -- who also directed the piece -- has shaped his unusual childhood into an entertaining show, built on the extremes of having two fathers: one a strict J[...]