Lynn Rosen’s smart, funny play, Back From The Front, directed by Working Theater Artistic Director, Connie Grappo, paints an absurd picture of America at war, a hilarious and finally, tragic portrait of desperate love. It looks at the current war from the vantage point of the imitation-wood paneled Walker family living room, as they sink record depths of denial to avoid the unbearable prospect of loss.
Back From The Front uses broad and absurd humor to illustrate the falsehoods we have been fed about the current crisis in the Middle East. It reveals a dark truth about our potent ability to deceive ourselves, and our government’s ability to deceive its citizens.
“Back From the Front“
Now through Sunday, May 27, 2007
Wednesday – Thursday: 7:30 pm
Friday – Saturday: 8:00 pm
Saturday Matinee: 3pm • Sunday Matinee: 2pm
The Riverside Theatre
91 Claremont Ave. (at 120th St)
New York, NY
Tickets: $25
(Union Members: $22; Students/Seniors:$20)
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Call Box Office at 212.870.6784
or send an email to theatre@riversidechurch.net
Group Rates are available for up to 30% off!
** Special Post-Performance Dialogues **
Wednesday, May 9
“Media and the War” with Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman
How does the media shape our vision of the war?
Is it the media’s responsibility to investigate a
government’s basis for going to war?
Friday, May 11
War, Patriotism and Personal Responsibility
Are citizens morally responsible for a government’s actions?
Is it patriotic to protest a war while American soldiers are at risk?
For more info, call 212.870.6784
www.theriversidetheatre.org
Posted on May 9, 2007 by D. Bell