Merrick, The Elephant Man
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 24, 2009
Closed Dec 13, 2009
Opened Nov 24, 2009
Closed Dec 13, 2009
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Merrick, The Elephant Man is the moving, poetic and ultimately uplifting story of the life of Joseph Merrick. Fusing burlesque, new circus and physical theater, Merrick, The Elephant Man is a highly physical, one-man tour-de-force version of this classic story
recharged for the 21stCentury. Often the most remarkable stories are the true ones, and the story of Joseph Carey Merrick is certainly
that. The journey of this astonishing man, from an object of curiosity and social revulsion to celebrity, Merrick's life and tragic destiny
is as relevant today as it ever was.
Park of the sixth annual Brits Off Broadway Festival.
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"It's not the show itself but the tale you tell" says Saul Jaffe while performing the solo show Merrick, The Elephant Man, currently at 59E59 as part of Brits Off Broadway. But with a tale as oft-told and well-known as John Merrick's life story -- which has already been dramatized in Bernard Pomerance's play The Elephant Man and the same-named film by David Lynch, it's hardly just the tale and more the way it is told. And despite the novelty of a one-man presentation and an often impressive performance from Jaffe, the telling here too often feels stale.
For most of its 70 minutes, the one-act alternates between the narration of carnival barker Tom Norman, the circus proprietor who turned[...]