Shoppers Carried by Escalators Into the Flames
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Opened Jun 30, 2002
Closed Jul 21, 2002
Opened Jun 30, 2002
Closed Jul 21, 2002
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In Shoppers Carried by Escalators Into the Flames, a new play from the author of Jesus' Son, the art of the dysfunctional family is taken to new depths of humor and despair. Addiction, fundamentalism, and yes, torched shopping centers, are integral to American life as seen through playwright Dennis Johnson's disturbingly hilarious lens. Will Patton (Remember the Titans) and a cast of nine appear in this remarkably affecting bleak comedy, directed by David Levine.
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Denis Johnson's new play has a lot to recommend it: an authorial pedigree (Johnson wrote the acclaimed Jesus' Son), an excellent cast including solid film and TV actors like Will Patton and Kevin Corrigan, a nice set by Marsha Ginsberg, and a clever title. What Shoppers Carried by Escalators Into the Flames doesn't have is an interesting or coherent script.
Another play about an unhappy, dysfunctional, emotionally-stalled family, Shoppers is a dark slice-of-life comedy concerning the Cassandra family (a contrived surname if there ever was one), represented here by violent older brother Bro, sensitive but troubled younger brother Cass, quiet sister Marigold, crazy-depressed father Oliver [...]