J&K: 1965
J&K: 1965
Closed 1h 20m NYC: Lower E Side
84% 28 reviews
84%
(28 Ratings)
Positive
96%
Mixed
4%
Negative
0%
Members say
Great acting, Thought-provoking, Absorbing, Clever, Intense

About the Show

Live in Theater presents an immersive, outdoor theater piece inspired by 'Life' magazine's 1965 photo essay about two New York City junkies: John and Karen.

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Critic Reviews (2)

Theatre is Easy
June 29th, 2017

"The ensemble is obviously great at what they do...The main source of my discomfort: by using the same two characters from a 1960s photo essay, are we not continuing the whitewashing (read: Black erasure) of history?...We are asked to remove ourselves from the realities of this park, to ignore the actually homeless people...There is a difference between the discomfort of experiencing a difficult reality through theater, and being asked to participate in something tactless and in poor taste."
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Stage Buddy
June 29th, 2017

"D’Amore’s chilling new interactive production...The drama is staged completely outdoors, and the less-than-polished part of LES effectively invokes the grittiness of 1960s New York drug culture...Both actors are deft at developing their characters and giving three-dimensional life to images from the photo essay...They don’t allow us to be passive observers, and it’s purposefully uncomfortable at points...There is no fourth wall, and no escaping the bid for intimacy."
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