Talk Radio: Eric Bogosian's Intense, Funny Play at MET Theatre
The MET Theatre (1089 N. Oxford Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90029)
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- $20.00
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- FREE - $10.00*
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All offers for Talk Radio have expired.
The last date listed for Talk Radio was Sunday July 27, 2008 / 7:00pm.
Currently at The MET Theatre:
Songs for a New World -- A Theatrical Song Cycle by Jason Robert Brown (13, Parade)
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- $30.00
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- FREE - $15.00
Doma Theater Co. presents Songs for a New World, from composer Jason Robert Brown, creator of the acclaimed musicals 13 and Parade. This is Brown's first theatrical work, originally produced off-Broadway in 1995 and described by the composer as neither a musical nor a revue, but rather a "very theatrical song cycle." The series of songs are thematically connected, illustrating points of major decision in the characters' lives. The songs are performed by four cast members who play different characters throughout. The vocally demanding score is influenced by multiple genres, including pop, gospel, jazz and classical. Learn More
2 Goldstar Member Reviews
Goldstar Member
Sharp fast-paced dialogue. Crazy funny with an underlying sadness.Written on Jun 16 2008
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Bill Adelman
I found it to be too dark, meaning to negative.Written on Jun 30 2008
It would have been better with more sarcasm instead of an overwhellming amount of people bashing.
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Description
Before there was Howard Stern, before there was Rush Limbaugh, before there was Tom Leykis, before there was Mike Malloy, there was….Barry Champlain, the fictional protagonist of Eric Bogosian’s 1987 play “Talk Radio.” Bogosian himself starred as the angry, funny, seductive talk show host at a pioneering all-talk format Cleveland radio station.
The action depicted in “Talk Radio” occurs just as Champlain’s show is set to convert from local broadcast to national syndication.
Champlain is a guy on the edge, smart but slightly unhinged, pushed in that direction by his own massive ego and by the numerous callers whose lives are either completely banal, or so desperate so as to make the lives that Thoreau wrote about seem like oceans of tranquility. The abrasive Barry is not above pushing their buttons and working them into frenzies, all in the name of good radio.