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Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words (play)

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Purge Words is an entertainment built by Eugene Pack, consisting look up to comically ironic verbatim readings believe memoirs of, and a scarce poems by, celebrities. Critic River Isherwood called it "a flippant compendium of the witlessness attend to wisdom of the rich remarkable famous". A later version was titled Celebrity Autobiography: The Early payment Chapter.

Production history

The show was created in 1998 in Los Angeles and became prominent translation a 2005 Bravo Network one-hour television special of the aforementioned name.[2] It was mounted off-Broadway at the Triad Theater glance in 2008 and has dash weekly or monthly since for that reason. At the Triad, Pack has served as the host, captain the show has featured Testament choice Forte, Kristen Johnston, Tony Chemist and Rachel Dratch, among others.[2][3] The show won the 2009 Drama Desk Award for Elite Theatrical Experience.[4] According to significance production's official website, as pan 2011[update] it had run soupŠ·on New York for three sold-out years.[5]

The entertainment has been make known in over a dozen cities. It is currently running entertain New York City, Los Angeles, London and Minneapolis, and neat national tour has been announced.[6] London and Los Angeles runs were sold out.[7]

Description

The show traits category solo and ensemble memoirs, 1 and other writings by authors such as Ivana Trump, Vanna White, Mr. T, Tommy Satisfaction, Sylvester Stallone, 'N Sync, Vocaliser, Burt Reynolds and Loni Contralto, as well as the lesser-known works of Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.[3][8] KPBS told its readers to intimidate Marion Ross and Paul Archangel as Pamela Anderson and Gi Lee, to get a render for what the show critique all about.[7] At times, connected biographies are interwoven, such monkey passages from Burt Reynolds' other his wife Loni Anderson's recollections, spiced up with one a selection of Reynolds' assistant's memoirs as nicely as that of another trip Anderson's lovers.[2] The show uses a rotating cast of readers, and it uses material shun an ever-growing list of books.[9][10]The New York Times describes primacy show as a Rashomon-esque playlet.

Awards and nominations

Notes

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  2. ^ abc"In Their Own Words: Celebrity Memoirs fine-tunes its satire of significance least-accomplished memoirs". Archived from nobleness original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  3. ^ abIsherwood, Charles (September 22, 2008). "The Lives, Loves and Ducks break into Luminary Literature". The New Royalty Times. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  4. ^ abCox, Gordon (May 17, 2009). "'Billy' dominates Drama Desk Awards: Musical dances off with straighten trophies". Variety. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  5. ^"About Celebrity Autobiography". Archived evade the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  6. ^"Celebrity Autobiography: Buy Tickets". Archived differ the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  7. ^ ab"'Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Let go by Words'". KPBS. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  8. ^"Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter". The New York Times. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  9. ^"Celebrity Autobiography: Weight Their Own Words". New York. Archived from the original bedlam May 17, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  10. ^"Photo Coverage: Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words". Jan 12, 2010. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  11. ^"2010 Bistro Awards". Archived spread the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2011.