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Between Iraq and a Hard Place
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 18, 2002
Closed Oct 6, 2002
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Stand-up comedienne Jill Turnbow recounts the story of her three-month stint performing on a cruise ship in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in Between Iraq and a Hard Place.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Producers Club
358 W 44th St
New York, NY 10036


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Timely isn't the word for comedian Jill Turnbow's one-woman show at The Producers Club. Detailing her experiences entertaining troops on the Cunard Princess, an R&R cruise ship anchored in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield/Storm, this piece is not just a stand-up routine packaged as theater. With laughs but no undue varnish, Between Iraq and a Hard Place paints a portrait of Turnbow's three-month tour of duty -- a tour of laughter but also of tears and consolation that reminds us, in our recent rhetoric-induced numbness, of the human cost of war. Unflinchingly genuine about the odd mixture of fear, loneliness, and patriotism that drew her together with men who eventually made [...]


Reviewed by Philip Hopkins on Sep 30, 2002

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