Theatre Kids: A True Tale of Off-Off Broadway by DeVore, John

Theatre Kids: A True Tale of Off-Off Broadway

Friendship. Grief. Jazz hands.In 2004, in a small, windowless theater in then-desolate Williamsburg, Brooklyn, an eccentric family...
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Author: John DeVore
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Theatre Kids: A True Tale of Off-Off Broadway by DeVore, John

Theatre Kids: A True Tale of Off-Off Broadway

$56.30

Theatre Kids: A True Tale of Off-Off Broadway

$56.30
Author: John DeVore
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Friendship. Grief. Jazz hands.

In 2004, in a small, windowless theater in then-desolate Williamsburg, Brooklyn, an eccentric family of broke art-school survivors staged an experimental, four-hour adaptation of William Faulkner's novel As I Lay Dying inside an enormous wooden coffin that could barely fit the cast, much less an audience.

The production's cast and crew--including its sweetly monomaniacal director--poured their hearts and paychecks into a messy spectacle doomed to fail by any conventional measure. It ran for only eight performances. The reviews were tepid. Fewer than one hundred people saw it. But to emotionally messy hack magazine editor John DeVore, cast at the last minute in a bit part, it was a safe space to hide out and attempt sobering up following a devastating loss.

An unforgettable ode to the ephemeral, chaotic magic of the theatre and the weirdos who bring it to life, Theatre Kids is DeVore's buoyant, irreverent, and ultimately moving account of outsize ambition and dashed hopes in post-9/11, pre-iPhone New York City. Sharply observed and bursting with hilarious razzle-dazzle, it will resonate with anyone who has ever, perhaps against their better judgment, tried to bring something beautiful into the world without regard for riches or fame.



Author: John DeVore
Publisher: Applause Books
Published: 06/18/2024
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781493077762

About the Author

John DeVore is a two-time James Beard Award-winning writer and the creator of Humungus, a Medium blog about masculinity and pop culture. He has written for Esquire, Conan O'Brien, The New York Times, and Comedy Central, among many, many others. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, along with a one-eyed mutt named Morley Safer.


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