NOVEMBER
by David Mamet
October 10th at 7:30
Seaside Repertory Theatre / Main Stage
David Mamet's Oval Office satire depicts one day in the life of a
beleaguered American commander-in-chief. It's November in a
Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith's chances for
reelection are looking grim. Approval ratings are down, his money's
running out, and nuclear war might be imminent. Though his staff has
thrown in the towel and his wife has begun to prepare for her
post-White House life, Chuck isn't ready to give up just yet. Amidst
the biggest fight of his political career, the President has to find
time to pardon a couple of turkeys - saving them from the slaughter
before Thanksgiving - and this simple PR event inspires Smith to risk
it all in attempt to win back public support.
With Mamet's characteristic no-holds-barred style, November is a
scathingly hilarious take on the state of America today and the
lengths to which people will go to win. "At once a barbarian, a bully,
and an idiot ('I always felt that I'd do something memorable-I just
assumed it'd be getting impeached, ' he says), Smith brings oxygen to
Mamet's rhetorical brilliance-so much that Mamet seems almost giddy
with pleasure as he makes his cretinous creation squirm...Broadway
comedy is generally a testament to Twain's maxim that honesty is the
best of all the lost arts. On the boulevard, laughter is meant to
distract, not galvanize, to enchant, not disenchant. Into this weak
hand, David Mamet has dealt an ace." -John Lahr, The New Yorker
Tickets $10
please call 231-0733 or order online
by David Mamet
October 10th at 7:30
Seaside Repertory Theatre / Main Stage
David Mamet's Oval Office satire depicts one day in the life of a
beleaguered American commander-in-chief. It's November in a
Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith's chances for
reelection are looking grim. Approval ratings are down, his money's
running out, and nuclear war might be imminent. Though his staff has
thrown in the towel and his wife has begun to prepare for her
post-White House life, Chuck isn't ready to give up just yet. Amidst
the biggest fight of his political career, the President has to find
time to pardon a couple of turkeys - saving them from the slaughter
before Thanksgiving - and this simple PR event inspires Smith to risk
it all in attempt to win back public support.
With Mamet's characteristic no-holds-barred style, November is a
scathingly hilarious take on the state of America today and the
lengths to which people will go to win. "At once a barbarian, a bully,
and an idiot ('I always felt that I'd do something memorable-I just
assumed it'd be getting impeached, ' he says), Smith brings oxygen to
Mamet's rhetorical brilliance-so much that Mamet seems almost giddy
with pleasure as he makes his cretinous creation squirm...Broadway
comedy is generally a testament to Twain's maxim that honesty is the
best of all the lost arts. On the boulevard, laughter is meant to
distract, not galvanize, to enchant, not disenchant. Into this weak
hand, David Mamet has dealt an ace." -John Lahr, The New Yorker
Tickets $10
please call 231-0733 or order online
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