Looped
Play Description
LOOPED depicts an actual 1965 recording session in which an intoxicated Tallulah Bankhead required eight hours to dub a single line from her final movie Die! Die! My Darling! while antagonizing the film editor assigned to the job.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
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Press Quotes
“Entertainment guaranteed!” —Los Angeles Times
“Matthew Lombardo’s riveting new play is as funny as it gets in theatre! … A seductive, funny and frequently moving piece.” —The Hollywood Reporter
“Howlingly funny! … Fun, touching and exceedingly funny! A must see!” —Pasadena Star News
“Hilarious!” —LA Weekly
“This play is a masterpiece!” —Santa Monica Press
“Scores of zingers, one-liners, retorts and anecdotes leaves the audience roaring so loud the actors often struggle to be heard!” —Daily Variety
“A+ … Matthew Lombardo’s brilliant script crackles with a number of zingy one-liners! His screamingly funny play will have you rolling in the aisles!” —Palm Beach Post
“A raucous comedy! Lombardo has penned a hysterically funny script with serious undertones that features a cascade of PG-rated zingers, R-rated retorts and X-rated anecdotes.” —Sun Sentinel
“Fours stars! … A terrific play! The biting wit is bawdy and hysterical! May LOOPED live on and on. I’ll drink to that.” —The Washingtonian
“Pure theatrical magic! Scathingly funny! Deliciously inappropriate. Sometimes, the saying goes, you have to laugh to keep from crying. Try to fight either as hard as you can. You will end up doing both.” —The Washington Times
Author(s)
Matthew LombardoMATTHEW LOMBARDO (Playwright) Broadway: HIGH with Kathleen Turner at the Booth Theatre and LOOPED starring Valerie Harper in a Tony-nominated performance at The Lyceum Theatre. Off-Broadway: WHO'S HOLIDAY! (w/ Lesli Margherita) at the Westside Theatre; TEA AT FIVE (w/ Kate Mulgrew) at the Promenade Theatre; MOTHER AND CHILD (w/ Ann Wedgeworth) at Second Stage; END OF THE WORLD PARTY at the 47th Street Theatre (director) and GUILTY INNOCENCE at The Actors' Playhouse. His work has been produced at such prestigious theaters as Hartford Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, American Repertory Theatre, Seattle Rep, Arena Stage, Pasadena Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and others. Television: ANOTHER WORLD (WGA Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Writing). As a producer, he has presented concerts throughout the country for Broadway legends such as Carol Channing, Patti LuPone, Tommy Tune, Bernadette Peters, Barbara Cook, Billy Porter, Betty Buckley, Andrea McArdle, and Faith Prince.
Special Notes
If original stage producers credits appear in bold below, all licensees are required to include them in the following form on the title page in all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play and in all advertising in which the full cast appears in size of type not less than ten percent (10%) of the size of the title of the Play:
LOOPED was originally produced on Broadway
at the Lyceum Theatre on 19 February 2010
In addition, the following must appear within all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play:
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
www.broadwayplaypub.com
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