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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Aug 30, 2002
Closed Sep 22, 2002

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Richard Maxwell's Joe is the story of one man as told through six people, each portraying him at different ages. Each "Joe" reflects on his condition and the environment which surrounds him. A small boy, a teenager, a young adult, a middle-aged man, and an old man provide a textual and physical journey through time which examines what it means to live in a free society.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



P.S. 122
150 1st Avenue (@ Corner of 9th Street)
New York, NY 10003


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

While there's something to be said for playwright-director Richard Maxwell, there may not be an enormous lot to be said. This, however, hasn't stopped theater mavens from devoting column inch after column inch to what they see as his copious gifts. Perhaps most prominent among those mavens is Ben Brantley of The New York Times, who, in praising the playwright's recent Drummer Wanted, concluded his review by saying that the piece "confirms that he may indeed turn out to be one of the most innovative and essential artists to emerge from American experimental theater in the past decade." Quite an accolade, until you take a second look at the phrase "confirms that he may turn out to be..." Hu[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Sep 9, 2002

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