Off-Broadway MAD Show Revival This Weekend


This weekend, the York Theatre Company is producing The MAD Show, which was originally produced Off-Broadway in 1966. It has a book by legendary MAD writers Larry Siegel and Stan Hart; lyrics by Marshall Barer and Steven Vinaver; and music by Mary Rodgers (including a song by Stephen Sondheim). The original production featured actors Linda Lavin and Jo Ann Worley. The revival cast will include popular actors and actresses from Broadway and Off-Broadway. (That's them in the photo below.)

The Mad Show is part of York’s Musicals in Mufti Concert Series, in which classic shows from the past are restaged in concert format in street clothes with script-in-hand, without the trappings associated with the original productions. The dates are July 29-31.

To order tickets, call 212-935-5820 or go to www.yorktheatre.org

For more about the original MAD Show, check out this post on Drew Friedman's blog.

Reviews from Last Night’s Premiere of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

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“Amazing! Seeing Tobey Maguire working the coat check in the lobby was worth the ticket price alone!”

“Stan Lee’s misguided cameo as a tap dancing street vendor grinds the second act to a halt.”

“Though technically not part of the production, Julie Taymor throwing fruit at the stage was a highlight of the show, and they should probably keep it.”

“Free hard hats for everyone in the first six rows of the orchestra was a nice touch.”

“Surprisingly, it’s only the fourth most pretentious thing Bono has done this year.”

“Call it The Book of Moron.

“This terrible production doesn’t bode well for the creator’s next announced project, Sub-Mariner: Drain Out the Water."

Artist: Ward Sutton

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