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Open Heart
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 17, 2004
Closed Apr 25, 2004
Running Time:
1hr. 30min.

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http://www.cherrylanetheatre.com

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

60 seconds can change your life...forever.

Robby Benson's own open heart surgery inspired this humorous take on one man's extraordinary, sometimes ribald, journey to ultimate liberation. The show stars Benson, Karla DeVito (Benson's wife), and Stan Brown. Matt Williams directs.

The musical, which features music and lyrics by Benson, has choreography by Luis Perez and musical direction by Sterling Smith.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Cherry Lane Theatre
38 Commerce St
New York, NY 10014


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

During the '70s and early '80s, when Robby Benson was making movies like Ode to Billy Joe, Ice Castles, and The Chosen, he was known as a teenage heartthrob. From birth, however, the throb of his own heart was problematic and has so far required two surgical operations -- one in which a cow's heart valve was inserted and one in which a valve from a cadaver was used. If interviews with him are to be believed -- and there's no reason why they shouldn't be -- he expects that he's not yet finished with such procedures.

Experiences such as this are the kind that concentrate one's attention and sort one's priorities, and Benson doesn't sound like an exception to that rule. Open Heart, the musi[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Mar 18, 2004

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