Clay
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 15, 2008
Closed Nov 9, 2008

Playing at
The Duke on 42nd Street

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Lincoln Center Theater begins a new programming initiative - LCT3 - devoted to producing the work of emerging playwrights, directors and designers.

The inaugural production of this inititiative is Clay, a hip-hop musical written and performed by Matt Sax and developed in collaboration with and directed by Eric Rosen.

Clay tells the coming-of-age story of Clifford, a suburban boy who escapes his fractured family and finds a mentor in Sir John, a master of the spoken word. Clifford becomes hip-hop star Clay, but he discovers that he can't escape his past.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:

The Duke on 42nd Street
229 W 42nd St
New York, NY 10036

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

It would be easy to cast a cynical glance at Matt Sax's solo piece
Clay, the debut production from LCT3, Lincoln Center Theatre's new initiative. After all, the show features hip-hop music and an affordable bottom line, both of which make it attractive to producers. But if something cynical is afoot, no one has told the utterly sincere Sax, who is giving the not entirely successful work everything he's got.

Clay takes the framing device of a concert, with the eponymous star (nee Clifford) arriving late and bloodied. How he got to that point consumes most of the evening's 90 minutes, as we trace his family history and his apprenticeship to rap tutor Sir John. But ultimately, the piece fe[...]

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Reviewed by Adam R. Perlman on Oct 16, 2008