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Monday, June 7, 2010

Theater If You Have a Sense of Humor, Spend the Night with Matt Smith

Posted by Cienna Madrid on Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:00 AM

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Cancel your upcoming weekend plans, this is what you need to do: go see All My Children, Matt Smith's solo show currently running at Hugo House. I haven't laughed so hard in public since my mother's last wedding.

Here's the premise of the show: An aging bachelor tracks down the six children of his six ex-girlfriends and announces to each of them that he is their real father. Second-hand jokes don't translate well, especially out of context, so I won't try. However, the dialogue is sharp and Smith plays his role with such candor that the woman behind me urgently whispered, "Is this real?" and "I'm not sure we should be laughing at this" throughout the performance.

All My Children closes this weekend, and every show thus far has sold out, so I suggest you get your tickets now. Grab a date. Cap the night with ice cream, a blow job, some scratch lotto tickets, whatever. You'd be hard pressed to find a more enjoyable way to spend an evening. Seriously.

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This is the sweetest little rave review I've ever read.

Posted by gloomy gus on June 7, 2010 at 11:13 AM

Seriously, Matt is one of Seattle's underratted theatrical treasures. If you haven't seen his work, you should definitely make the effort.

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on June 7, 2010 at 11:21 AM

Done! Tickets purchased. Thanks for the heads up.

Posted by Tracy on June 7, 2010 at 11:25 AM

@3, you'll love it. If for some reason you don't, come to the next Slog Happy and I'll buy you a drink.

Posted by Cienna Madrid on June 7, 2010 at 11:34 AM

Thats not Doctor Who! :(

Posted by Ben Weldon on June 7, 2010 at 12:07 PM

I think Agnes Nixon or ABC would have the copyright on "All My Chidren", right?

Posted by raindrop on June 7, 2010 at 12:56 PM

Thanks for the plug, Cienna. Friday night's show is almost sold-out, and we have about 15 tickets left for Saturday, so if you'd like to see the show, get your tix now: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/…

Posted by Brian from Hugo House on June 7, 2010 at 3:48 PM