The Patsy NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if you want to see david greenspan creating the impossible with ease
Don't see it if if you are not interested in great great talent.. david plays every character in a multi character play.. he is a genius.
See it if "one man tour de force" - sounds cliched, but that's exactly what this is: utterly enchanting and full of wonderful nuance
Don't see it if a very traditional play from the 1920s is not very inspiring (but it shouldn't matter)
See it if David Greenspan is just glorious in playing every role on stage. His outstanding talent keeps surprising me.
Don't see it if This dated play comes alive and feels fresh in Greenspan's capable hands.
See it if love David Greenspan. Love a well-acted one person play. a shift in a mannerism and he's a different person. he fills up the whole room
Don't see it if want the full play with a full cast or hate one-person shows. play is old-fashioned but still fun.
See it if If you like one man shows this is the one to see. The actor is amazing in his transformations! It’s funny too!
Don't see it if If you don’t like one man shows
See it if The charismatic downtown icon David Greenspan is a comedic delight as all four members of the Harrington family (+ 2 boyfriends) Amazing job
Don't see it if Despite its 80 minute length, Connors' comedy can get a little lethargic Its also very folksy but Greenspan always hits pay dirt throughout
See it if You love David Greenspan and his viruoso downtown acting style. Play is a weird period melodrama burnished by his brilliance.
Don't see it if You don't like theatrical experiments or David Greenspan
See it if you like one man shows - one man playing 8 characters in 80 minutes
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Critic Reviews (4)
"More than a decade after he first performed the piece, and once again directed by Cummings, Greenspan remains a force of nature. Until he climbs off of the stage after eighty breathless minutes, he seems to be in perpetual motion. While 21st-century audiences might disagree with Atkinson's references to the play's "intelligently artistic weight," Greenspan makes a strong case for its "amusing" qualities and power to entertain. The Patsy, at least in the current iteration, is worth rediscovering again."
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"So, here’s Greenspan in his latest enthusiastic venture, reprising—for The Transport Group—his one-man stint as the six-member cast of the Barry Connors’ 1925 Great White Way click, The Patsy. Is he every bit as good in this adaptation as he was at the Duke in 2011? Is he even better? What’s certainly true is that his joy at being onstage is unabated."
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Greenspan is a genius in The Patsy, and direction by Jack Cummings II, co-founder and artistic director of Transport Group, is exquisite; the build up of the story as it unfolds at Greenspan’s hand could not have been better shaped, and he keeps this three-act play going at a record pace.
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"This revival of the revival has the same cast, David Greenspan, who continues to play all eight roles with a zaniness off the scales. His The Patsy is a one-man farce filled with head-spinning energy and a sack full of comic turns. With fine direction by Transport Group Artistic Director, Jack Cummings III, Greenspan literally bounces around the box of a set for a virtuosic, whirlwind 80 minutes."
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