Saturday, June 6, 2009
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Posted by The Stranger on Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Theater
'A Thousand Clowns'
This is Herb Gardner's 1962 comedy about Murray Burns—a cranky womanizer, comedian, and anti-nebbish—and his nephew, whose loose talk about life with his uncle has attracted the interest of the child-welfare service. Murray has to decide which he prefers: his eccentric independence or keeping his nephew out of the foster-care system. Murray (based on Jean Shepherd, who wrote and narrated A Christmas Story) may be stubbornly anticonformist, but the comedy—full of vintage zingers that still land—is deeply ambivalent about growing up. (Intiman Theatre, 201 Mercer St, 269-1900. 2 and 8 pm, $10–$52. Through June 17.)
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"Murray (based on Jean Shepherd)"
Oy gevalt. Murray should live so long as to be based on Jean Shepherd.
Oy gevalt. Murray should live so long as to be based on Jean Shepherd.
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