Jesus Hopped the A Train
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Opened Nov 29, 2000
Closed Dec 31, 2000
Opened Nov 29, 2000
Closed Dec 31, 2000
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Philip Seymour Hoffman directs Stephen Adly Guirgis' Jesus Hopped the A Train, a two-act prison-courtroom-comic drama. In Riker's for murdering the cult leader who stole his best friend, a young man fights his lawyer and a religious zealot prisoner?first for his identity, then for vindication. Freedom is juxtaposed with responsibilities of spiritual rebirth.
Running Time: 2 hours
(10 minute intermission)
May be inappropriate for children ages 14 and under.
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Stephen Adly Guirgis, whose In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings was acclaimed Off-Broadway recently, has found his niche writing passionate plays about the trials and tribulations of the underclass. In the case of his new work, Jesus Hopped the A Train, the emphasis is definitely on the "trials." Set largely in a special lockdown wing on Riker's Island where inmates are kept in protective custody, the play revolves around a young prisoner on trial for murder. As his situation is presented by Guirgis, however, he is on trial for much more--and so are several other key characters in this often gripping morality play.
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