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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 19, 2002
Closed Mar 31, 2002

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Christopher Shinn's critically acclaimed play, Four, focuses on the isolation and desires of four average individuals from a cross-section of American life: a successful father, a studious young daughter, a frustrated boy from a bad neighborhood and a shy and lonely teenager, at odds with his sexuality. The play takes place in Hartford, CT., on the Fourth of July in 1996, as the four characters pair off into two parallel relationships. Jeff Cohen directs the cast, featuring Pascale Armand, Keith Nobbs, Armando Riesco and Isiah Whitlock, Jr.

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New York City Center - Stage II
131 W 55th St
New York, NY 10019


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

"We're breaking the law," points out Joe, a middle-aged, husky black man, to June, a timid, 16-year-old white boy. "This state has adultery laws." A brief glance at the two reveals that they have more worries, legal and otherwise, than that antiquated statute might cause them. In another scene, Joe's daughter, Abigayle--who is June's age--suggests to her date, Dexter, that men only want sex. Dexter responds, "Damn! You watch too much Ricki." Imagine the teaser for a talk-show version of this play: "On the next Ricki Lake--'Dad, you're in major trouble if you don't stop messing with minors!'

Although the subject matter of Worth Street Theater's Four can certainly lend itself to sensat[...]


Reviewed by Adam Klasfeld on Jul 9, 2001

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