Preview of God tonight
The show I'm in, "God" by Woody Allen has its preview tonight and it's opening tomorrow. I think it is in the truest spirit of Chicago comedy that we took a play that was supposed to only be performed in or near New York City and we Chicagoed it up and improvised it into submission.
That's what Chicago theater should start doing more frequently. We are the inventors of improvised comedy and improvised theater. So, from now on, we should make it an actual theater convention to give a play "the Chicago Treatment" as we have. Royalties are still paid but a different type of production is put on.
We are now the most important theater town in America (London Guardian)...take that New York. We've taken stuff from New York and made it better in the past (Al Capone?). We've sent people to New York and watched them get worse (Farley, Meadows, Kevin Dorff, Andy Richter). Come on people. The Chicago Treatment is a beautiful and necessary movement.
So when you see the ads for this show and there's a big picture of Woody Allen next to the story, think about him trying desperately to identify the pieces of the script that we've scrambled, drawn pictures in and colored on.
Everyone should see the show. Even if you're a jerk.
That's what Chicago theater should start doing more frequently. We are the inventors of improvised comedy and improvised theater. So, from now on, we should make it an actual theater convention to give a play "the Chicago Treatment" as we have. Royalties are still paid but a different type of production is put on.
We are now the most important theater town in America (London Guardian)...take that New York. We've taken stuff from New York and made it better in the past (Al Capone?). We've sent people to New York and watched them get worse (Farley, Meadows, Kevin Dorff, Andy Richter). Come on people. The Chicago Treatment is a beautiful and necessary movement.
So when you see the ads for this show and there's a big picture of Woody Allen next to the story, think about him trying desperately to identify the pieces of the script that we've scrambled, drawn pictures in and colored on.
Everyone should see the show. Even if you're a jerk.
posted by Churchill at 9:21 AM
2 Comments:
As a former East Coaster, I'm all too glad to give Chicago its props.
As for you, mister, you may want to list the times, dates, location and other vitals for the show on your blog. I am not a jerk but I am lazy. I will assume that it is at 11pm at the Corn on Fridays and show up, only to have to sit through some amateur improv or porn or animal husbandry instead.
The shows are at 8pm on Thursdays and Fridays and 4pm on Sundays.
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