Chris Rock Coming to Broadway?

081309rock.jpg Yesterday we got a press release about the new Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman) play coming to Broadway in March, A Behanding in Spokane. Intriguiging title, and sounds cool, we thought. Well! The release promised "an all-star cast of four," and now Variety reports that Chris Rock, Sam Rockwell and Zoe Kazan "are all said to be eying roles in the play." The black comedy, McDonagh's first set in America, is described as "a man searching for his missing hand, two con artists out to make a few hundred bucks, an overly curious hotel clerk, and the rest is up for grabs." Whatever, it could be about rollerskating zoo animals and we'd still shell out Times Square ticket prices to watch Rock and Rockwell square off live. And Kazan's not exactly a lightweight, either; she more than held her own alongside an adrift Peter Sarsgaard in The Seagull last season. This would be Rock's first legit run on Broadway, aside from his one-off appearance in the 24 Hour Plays a couple years ago. Could this be our new Passing Strange? We're already obsessed, people. [Via The Playlist]

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What does a 'black comedy' mean?

a. - a dark and unnerving comedy
b. - a comedy with people with dark skin
c. - a comedy only for people with dark skin
d. - a comedy that is based on experiences that only people with dark skin can relate to


Grrrrr.

my 2 cents oggi

mikal

e. - anything prefaced by "Tyler Perry's..."

What production wants to be the new Passing Strange as the original Passing Strange didn't do that well? Brilliant, but not a great long-run commercial success.

The emphasis there is "our," as that was the last Broadway show "we" were obsessed with.

...and that was a shame.

Looking forward to this; whatever it is!

Ladies and gentlemen, the next Bill Cosby.

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