by Claire Pienaar
Having lived in New York City my whole life, I have developed a mix of disgust and humor regarding the state of New Jersey. I’ve often traveled through our industrial neighbor and inhaled the toxic fumes—probably more than I should have. This is one of the reasons that I loved the musical The Toxic Avenger.
The humor is very crude and at times very gory; at one point, toxic Melvin (a.k.a. Toxie) squirts some brain juice into the audience. The five actors play many roles, sometimes with half-and-half costumes, which brings more humor out of their performances.
The Toxic Avenger is a love story with some misplaced eyeballs, appendectomies and French toast. If you live in New York City and are a fan of gory, physical and unsophisticated humor, you will enjoy this play.
HOW TO SEE THE SHOW: $25 Tickets thru Nov. 24th with the code TOPBP909. Visit www.broadwayoffers.com to buy tickets or visit box office at New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St.
3 comments:
Awwwww this seems like a really light hearted play. Sometimes when you go to the theatre you don't want to be ambushed with complexities and endure an emotional roll coaster....you want to watch a moment in a world unlike your own.
Wow...the thing you said about silence is SOOOOOOOOOOO true. Sometimes silence embodies everything we can't say telling much more if we had said anything at all.
I think that your first paragraph provided such a great hook with just the right amount of humor and pazazz. This really makes me wanna see this play.
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