A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney
Opening Night: April 30, 2013
Closing: May 26, 2013
Theater: Soho Repertory
Tonight Walt is going to read you a screenplay he wrote. It’s about his last days on earth. It’s about a city he’s going to build that’s going to change the world. And it’s about his brother. It’s about everyone who loves him so much, and it’s about how sad they’re going to be when he’s gone. Right? I mean, how can they live without him? How can anyone live without him?
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May 10, 2013
There’s certainly a twinkle in Uncle Walt’s blue eyes, but it’s not the glimmer of benevolence you’d expect from the man who brought joy to countless children as the creator of Mickey Mouse and the Magic Kingdom. No sirree. As portrayed with soft-spoken, silky menace by the mesmerizing actor Larry Pine, the man we meet in Lucas Hnath’s new play, “A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney,” exudes the casual cruelty of a kid who likes to pull the wings off flies on the playground, just for kicks.
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