Matthew Passion
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 2, 2007
Closed Apr 8, 2007

Playing at
Chernuchin Theater

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Running Time:
1hr. 20min.

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Matthew Passion tells the story of the passion of Christ; the story of Matthew Shepard being picked up at a bar in Laramie, Wyoming, beaten and left for dead on a hillside; and the story of a middle-aged HIV positive survivor who has outlived his life expectancy. Although the three stories take place in three different locations, and are thousands of years apart, they all reflect one another and converge in the final scene.

Added Performances

Sunday, April 1 at 7:30 pm

Monday, April 2 at 8:00 pm

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:

Chernuchin Theater
314 W 54th St
New York, NY 10019

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney, who have gay-bashed Matthew Shepard and left him to die, dance a homoerotic pas de deux while their victim is tied to a fence. This is just one of the many bad ideas in Phil Hall's inept new play with music, Matthew Passion.

The show has a play-within-a-play structure: A director named Alex (Jay Sullivan) assembles a cast and begins rehearsals for a theater production that intertwines the story of Shepard's 1998 murder in Wyoming with the Passion of Jesus Christ. Scenes and songs that represent their rehearsals alternate with the story of one of the cast members, Jim -- played by an actor named, oddly enough, Matthew Shepard -- who has been HIV-positiv[...]

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Reviewed by Dan Bacalzo on Apr 3, 2007