That Hopey Changey Thing
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 2, 2010
Closed Nov 14, 2010
Opened Nov 2, 2010
Closed Nov 14, 2010
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That Hopey Changey Thing is set on election day, November 2, 2010. Uncle Benjamin's dog has died and his nieces and nephew have gathered for dinner in Rhinebeck, New York, to surprise him with a new one. While the polls close, the Apple family discusses memory, manners, and politics. Richard Nelson (Conversations in Tusculum at The Public, James Joyce's The Dead) returns to The Public with a timely new play that examines the state of the nation at this pivotal moment in our history.
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At first,
That Hopey Changey Thing, now at the Public Theater, looks to be the "disposable" work playwright Richard Nelson suggests it is in his program note. Taking place on November 2, 2010 -- which is when the opening audience watched it -- the comedy-drama has the earmarks of something already becoming a period piece.
Yet, there's something undeniably appealing here -- amid the topical references to Andrew Cuomo, Kirsten Gillibrand, Eliot Spitzer, Barack Obama, and Sarah Palin (from whose snide comment the title is appropriated) and the political like -- that says the play will stand the test of time.
As election night begins, the Apple family members -- sisters Barbara (Maryann [...]