Microcrisis
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 28, 2010
Closed Oct 23, 2010
Opened Sep 28, 2010
Closed Oct 23, 2010
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Directed by Ralph Pena, Microcrisis is dark comedy about what happens when a shady investment banker exploits 'microcredit' - the Nobel Prize-winning practice of providing small loans to Third World businesses to alleviate poverty and spur social change - and ravages the global economy in the process, with surprisingly hilarious results.
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The first thing to know about
Microcrisis, Michael Lew's caustic and often confusing comedy about financial profiteers in the age of Obama -- being presented by the Ma-Yi Theater Company at HERE Arts Center -- is that the glossary of investment banker terms in the back of the program won't help you keep up; you either understand the difference between a CDO and a CDS or you don't. (A number of terms, like "loan apps" and "conflict diamonds," don't even rate an explanation -- although, for some reason, "pelvic withdrawal" does).
The second, and more important, thing to know is that the excellent and energetic ensemble, as directed by Ralph B. Peña, is going to entertain you regardle[...]