Ghetto Klown
Opening Night: March 22, 2011
Closing: July 9, 2011
Theater: Lyceum Theatre
Ghetto Klown is the next chapter in John Leguizamo’s hugely popular personal and professional story. It follows in the unabashed, uncensored, and uninhibited tradition of his Mambo Mouth, Spic-O-Rama, Freak, and Sexaholix…a Love Story. In Leguizamo’s trademark style, the piece explodes with energy, leading audiences on a fever-pitch adventure and heating up the stage with vivid accounts of where he’s been and the colorful characters who have populated his life. Leguizamo takes audiences from his adolescent memories in Queens to the early days of his acting career during the outrageous 80s avant-garde theatre scene, and on to the sets of major motion pictures and his roles opposite some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
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March 22, 2011
The Bottom Line: John Leguizamo’s strengths as a performer are still on ample display, but in his fifth solo show, he’s treading water.
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March 22, 2011
Film actors ought to be very wary of co-starring in anything with John Leguizamo. As documented in his new one-man show “Ghetto Klown,” Leguizamo has a penchant for making up his own lines on the spot, much to the confusion and aggravation of those around him.
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March 22, 2011
John Leguizamo hasn’t done a one-man show on Broadway since "Sexaholic" in 2002, so rabid fans should turn out for his latest autobiographical opus, "Ghetto Klown," which had dry runs last year at Berkeley Rep and in Toronto. Auds with less emotional investment in the ups and downs of the star’s personal life and career should find the show entertaining (the wicked impersonations, in particular), but nonetheless too long, too defensive and too familiar. Industry eyes might find added value in the show as a well-packaged audition piece for this hyper-active, hyper-talented and underused performer.
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March 22, 2011
At 46, an age when many men are tempted to flee the treadmill and hoist the white flag in the battle against middle-age spread, John Leguizamo still appears to have the energy of a 12-year-old who has just downed a Red Bull and a jumbo package of Twinkies.
READ THE REVIEWMarch 23, 2011
Like everyone else, he’s only got one life to live. But John Leguizamo appears determined to churn his into as many solo shows as possible.
READ THE REVIEWMarch 22, 2011
You would think that after writing and starring in four one-man shows on and off Broadway, John Leguizamo would have run out of ideas. But "Ghetto Klown," his latest solo effort, is yet another entertaining and insightful examination of the star-author’s relationship with his family, lovers, and career.
READ THE REVIEWMarch 22, 2011
The expletives flew when John Leguizamo tried to insert some Method acting into a movie scene with Al Pacino. In “Ghetto Klown,” Leguizamo’s ferociously funny new Broadway show, the young actor explains that he was eager to show off his serious actor skills while playing a pimp in Brian De Palma’s 1993 “Carlito’s Way.”
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