Off The Meter

“Off the Meter” written and performed by John McDonagh, directed by the Irish Rep’s Ciaran O’Reilly at Theatre 80 St. Marks. WBAI radio personality and New York’s most famous yellow cab driver by a Manhattan mile, John McDonagh’s hilarious and hair-raising cab travel-logue is filled with stories and yarns experienced from the front seat of a New York City cab. A working Joe with a touch of the poet (The NY Times called him “the bard of gridlock”), and the commitment of a peace and justice activist, the Queens native has clocked more than 40 years of hails, and, it is safe to say, has seen it all!