Good Person of Szechwan – Location, Reviews, Tickets
Fresh from a super hot run at La MaMa, The Foundry Theatre transfers its production of the Good Person of Szechwan to The Public Theater. It stars Taylor Mac, the legendary actor, singer, cabaret performer, and performance artist and includes original, folky-indie-rock music from César Alvarez with The Lisps.
Regarding the production at La MaMa, the New York Times said “Here is a show that must be seen, must, must, must!”
The praise for this remounting of the production at the Public is no less staggering. The Times called it “sublime” and Time Out New York called Mac “staggeringly charismatic” and his performance “a virtuosic star turn.”
We concur, go see it.
LOCATION
Martinson Hall at The Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street, New York City
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RUNNING TIME
2 hours and 30 minutes, one intermission
TICKETS
Regular Price: $56.50-66.50 (click for tickets)
Member Price: $40
DATES
Extended through December 8, 2013
REVIEWS
New York Times
Among the Huddled Masses, Doing Good Can Come With a High Price
New York Magazine
Taylor Mac, in the dual role of Shen Te and Shui Ta, must have been invented, or invented himself, to rescue this play.
New York Daily News
Taylor Mac shines in new production of Bertolt Brecht’s look at human nature, morality and sexuality
TheaterMania
The Public Theater provides a new home for Taylor Mac and Lear deBessonet’s truly amazing revival of Brecht’s morality play.
Time Out New York
I have never seen a production of Brecht so flat-out pleasurable as this one.
Stage and Cinema
Much Better than Good
CAST & CREW
(partial list)
By Bertolt Brecht
Translation by John Willett
Directed by Lear deBessonet
Music by César Alvarez with The Lisps
Featuring Kate Benson, Ephraim Birney, Vinie Burrows, Clifton Duncan, Jack Allen Greenfield, Annie Golden, Brooke Ishibashi, Paul Juhn, Mia Katigbak, Lisa Kron, Taylor Mac, David Turner, and Darryl Winslow