The History of the World
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Dec 31, 2011
Closed Feb 25, 2012
Opened Dec 31, 2011
Closed Feb 25, 2012
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The Living Theatre presents The History of the World, an interactive play written and directed by Judith Malina.
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"I am Socrates/They say I'm the wisest man alive/That's why they condemned me to death/Because we always kill the wisest and the best: That simplistic speech is meant to be the point of Living Theatre's latest play, grandiosely titled
The History of the World.
Sadly, the 90-minute work, co-created by founder Judith Malina, meanders through a series of historical executions (Jesus, Socrates, Joan of Arc) and vague periods of time (like the Roman Empire and the industrial revolution), and her characters are never more than mouthpieces for her cause.
The company's desire to break the fourth wall and incorporate the audience in the show is intriguing, but it plays out in awkward and unsettli[...]