Ricky Jay: A Rogue's Gallery - An Evening of Conversation and Performance
Geffen Playhouse - Gil Cates Theater (10886 Le Conte Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90024)
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Reviews & Ratings
Featured review from JD Gordon
view more less of this reviewRicky Jay is, as we'd say in Boston, wicked awesome. I'd go so far as to say he's wicked pissa awesome. He may even be, like Bill Irwin, something of a national treasure: heir, curator and master practitioner of a multifaceted set of traditions and crafts--storytelling not least.
So how--and I'm continuing my rhetoric, so don't jump in-- how could he and David Mamet have missed the mark?
Well, instead of making this an autobiographical show about an extraordinary life and a passionate enthusiasm for all things showman stitched together with breathtaking, lyrical, personal magic it...wasn't.
Just enough great magic to point us in the vague direction of the brink. Just enough emotional connection and personal history to make us see the show this could have been. But like one of the Barnum-esque automatans Jay mentioned in his interesting histories, there was no soul beneath the skin.
Those who haven't seen this production should bide their time and use Ricky Jay YouTube clips as methadone for their Jay addiction. I wish I could tell you to see this show.
star this review starred report as inappropriateThis was not a show. By that I mean all the parts combined didn't add up to entertainment worthy of an audience. More like a history channel lecture or internet collection of curiosities. The last act was an exercise in tedium, as the audience waited for Jay to complete from memory all the knight moves on a chess board while singing, reciting, calculating... oh, nevermind.... just shoot me!
star this review starred report as inappropriateCount me among the disappointed.
Sure I loved the stories, but I expected more.
A lot more.
Jay in front of a computer screen showing off a few of his collection of broadsides and telling stories makes for an entertaining evening, but not for $50 at half price!
And the few tricks he did perform were well below his reputation.
As to the seats, I don't see how the third row of the Mezzanine (which only has 4 full rows) can be called Front Mezzanine.The whole thing was overpriced and under delivered.
star this review starred report as inappropriatea uniquely impressive performer
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Ricky Jay
A Rogue's Gallery - An Evening of Conversation and Performance
David Mamet, Director of Prison Operations
The Geffen Playhouse is the only Los Angeles theater to host this internationally lauded performer in a decade. All previous productions have sold out - don't miss this innovative new show before it heads to New York.