Sell/Buy/Date
Opening Night: October 18, 2016
Closing: November 13, 2016
Theater: New York City Center - Stage II
Tony Award® -winning playwright and performer Sarah Jones (Bridge & Tunnel) returns to the New York stage as a dazzling medley of characters in Sell/Buy/Date, an exuberant new show inspired by the real-life experiences of people affected by the sex industry. Brimming with Jones’ masterful, multicultural characterizations, Sell/Buy/Date presents an honest, moving and even humorous look at a complex and fascinating subject, all while preserving the full humanity of voices seldom heard in the theater.
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October 18, 2016
Future-casting tends to focus on things like travel (flying cars!) politics (dystopia?) and discovery (aliens!), but let’s not forget sex. From the orgasmatron in Woody Allen’s Sleeper to the gender anarchy of Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren, sci-fi creators (and consumers) have wondered about where making love is headed. Now solo chameleon Sarah Jones weighs in with a gallery of high-definition characters who collectively paint a brave new world in which gender and orientation are totally fluid, while prostitution has gone through revolutionary social changes.
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October 18, 2016
Given how the objectification and exploitation of women has become an ugly but central topic in the presidential campaign — I trust I don’t need to remind you of any details — “Sell/Buy/Date,” the newest show from the gifted writer and performer Sarah Jones, seems eerily timely. In this absorbing solo show, a Manhattan Theater Club production that opened on Tuesday at City Center, Ms. Jones peers into the future to explore how a sociology professor examines the lives of sex workers in the first decades of the 21st century. More broadly, the show also discusses how women of our era are conditioned to conceive of themselves — or how others conceive of them — as sexual beings.
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