The Bomb-itty of Errors
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The Bomb-itty of Errors is a hip hop theatre retelling of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. Written and performed by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Jason Catalano, GQ, and Erik Weiner, the show has been performed in New York City (Off-Broadway), London (West End), Chicago, Dublin, Scotland, Florida, Aspen, and Los Angeles. It was nominated alongside Steven Sondheim for Best Lyrics at the Drama Desk Awards, nominated for Outer Critics Circle Awards, and received the Jefferson Award in Chicago and the Grand Jury Prize at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. The show lasts one hour and thirty minutes and is part play and part rap concert with the four actors playing all the characters, men and women, while a DJ spins the beats onstage. The music was written by JAQ and the show was directed and developed by Andy Goldberg.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Weber, Bruce. "Rap Is to Shakespeare as Bomb Is to Comedy", New York Times, December 21, 1999.
