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THE TALK OF THE TOWN: Off-Broadway

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

 

By Ginny Redington and Tom Dawes

Directed by Dan Wackerman

Musical Direction by Mark Janas

Choreography by Mercedes Ellington


"I name them with awe...

Stephen Wilde."

~John Simon, Bloomberg News


With music and wit to match the infectious energy and sophistication of the real-life luminaries it is based on, The Talk of the Town is about the ballyhooed brilliance of the fabled Algonquin Roundtable. Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcott, George Kaufman, Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber, and Robert Sherwood are the great literary players gathered in the Rose Room of the Algonquin hotel, sharing in clever banter and reflecting on the lives behind their brilliant famous personas.


“Everything about the show is remarkable.”

~Howard Kissel, New York Daily News

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"Ginny Redington and Tom Dawes' swell-crafted period-style songs are genuinely clever, and the classic quips briskly deployed throughout, still crackle."

~The New Yorker