Two Plays by Murray Schisgal: 74 Georgia Avenue & The Pushcart Peddlers
The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre (10900 Burbank Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601)
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Ms W
Enjoyed these plays immensely. In Pushcart you get a new immigrant who is lost in his new country, and trying to adjust to make himself an American, and better his life as soon as possible...and he succeeds with the help of another new immigrant who shows him the ropes.Written on Jul 27 2009
74 Georgia Avenue is a more serious play, and shows another man who is lost. Only he is lost in the past, when things were better for him. Through the help of the man who now lives in his family home, he relives his history. You don't have to be Jewish to appreciate both of these stories. Definite recommend.
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Morgan St. James
This was a unique mix of two one act plays. The Pushcart Peddlars was like an extended vaudeville piece, and quite funny. In 74 Georgia Avenue, we were taken to an in-depth look at two very different men suffering in their own ways. They were able to draw strength from each other. Each, had a deep desire to go back to their youth where life was less complicated.Written on Aug 10 2009
The story in the latter was so compelling, it could have easily been lengthened to a two act play.
The acting was excellent. The afternoon we attended, three understudies performed. Each performance was so good, the people in my party agreed we would have had no idea they were understudies without being told.
I highly recommend this set of plays.
MORGAN ST. JAMES
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Two very enertaining and inciteful one act plays. Don't miss them if you can.Written on Aug 25 2009
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Quotes & Highlights
- “5 out of 5 Stars” - - nohoartsdistrict.com
- "...fine performances...skillful" --LA Weekly
- “…slapstick and vaudeville at its finest” --broadwayworld.com
- “…expert direction…actors shine, shine, shine” --Grigware Talks Theatre
- "...highly entertaining coupling...audience was captivated throughout.." --Tolucan Times
- "…fabulous piece…performance is phenomenal..." --Kaleidescope Radio Magazine
Description
The Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre presents Murray Schisgal's 74 Georgia Avenue & The Pushcart Peddlers, two plays filled with laughter and pathos while chronicling the Jewish American experience.
Veteran playwright Murray Schisgal is a native New Yorker who burst on the scene in 1963 with the Off-Broadway hit, The Typists and The Tiger, which earned him an Outer Critics Circle Award. His Broadway debut, Luv, earned him a 1965 Tony nomination for Best Play. His other Broadway successes include The Chinese & Doctor Fish, All Over Town, Twice Around the Park and An American Millionaire. His screenplay for the classic comedy Tootsie starring Dustin Hoffman, co-written with Larry Gelbart, took home a cartload of awards and honors, including the New York Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay, and Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Screenplay.
74 Georgia Avenue and The Pushcart Peddlers, along with The Man Who Couldn't Stop Crying were recently part of Shpiel! Shpiel! Shpiel!, the well-received trilogy of Schisgal plays performed in Yiddish, English and Russian at the Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene in New York, as part of its 94th consecutive season.
74 Georgia Avenue and The Pushcart Peddlers (which will be performed in English) are amusing and heartwarming plays - one is the story of a successful businessman revisiting his past, and the other is a farce about two immigrants on a race to the future. In 74 Georgia Avenue, a middle-aged Jewish man whose marriage is in trouble, seeks refuge in the once-Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood of his youth. During the visit, he discovers that his past is linked with the present tenant of his old apartment. The uproarious comedy, The Pushcart Peddlers, takes place on the gold-paved streets of the Lower East Side where a fresh off-the-boat-greenhorn is taught the ropes by an 'old hand' banana peddler. Life moves fast in America and so do both men's illusions - - for better, or is it for worse?
What do two men discussing the sale of a banana pushcart and a man returning to his old neighborhood in Brooklyn have in common? You don't have to be Jewish or from New York to understand the underlying themes, the irony, and the humor which tie these plays together.
About the Ticket Supplier: Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre
Founded in 1972, the Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre has won almost every drama award imaginable, plus many special awards from the community for its work with young people, seniors and the physically impaired. The company's play choices are eclectic and offbeat.