The Butter and Egg Man
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 2, 2002
Closed Oct 20, 2002
Opened Oct 2, 2002
Closed Oct 20, 2002
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
George S. Kaufman's classic 1925 comedy, The Butter and Egg Man, bristles with vibrant characters, crackling language, and comic wit. Peter Jones, a fresh-faced Midwesterner, arrives in New York ready to throw himself headlong into show business only to be taken in by a pair of shyster producers.
Running Time: 2 hours
15 minute intermission
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For playwrights like Harold Pinter, on-stage pauses are vital; for others a pause can seem like a criminal offense. George S. Kaufman, who was so fond of working with collaborators that he only wrote one play by his lonesome, was one of the pause-loathers. He believed in keeping the wisecracks coming thick and fast, maybe because leaving space between one line of dialogue and the next meant time lost for yet more guffaws. The effect was as if Kaufman -- alone or in partnership with Moss Hart, Edna Ferber, Marc Connelly, or Ring Lardner -- was trying to put one over on the audience.
In a way, he was. He put more than one over on many delighted audiences, and maybe never more so than wit[...]