A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City
by Halley Feiffer
2020-05-08 09:19:58
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City
by Halley Feiffer
2020-05-08 09:19:58
âIâve been single for so long, Iâve started having sexual fantasies about my vibrator,â ? riffs Karla for her captive, cancer-ward audience. The patientsâher mother, whoâs recovering from surgery for ovarian cancer, and h...
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âIâve been single for so long, Iâve started having sexual fantasies about my vibrator,â ? riffs Karla for her captive, cancer-ward audience. The patientsâher mother, whoâs recovering from surgery for ovarian cancer, and her roommate behind the curtain, arenât laughingâor even awakeâbut thereâs someone else in the room . . .In Halley Feifferâs â painfully irresistibleâ ? (The New York Times) new play, a foul-mouthed twenty-something comedian and a middle-aged man embroiled in a nasty divorce are brought together unexpectedly when their cancer-stricken mothers become roommates in the hospital. Together, this unlikely duo must negotiate some of lifeâs biggest challenges . . . while making some of the worldâs most inappropriate jokes. Can these two very lost people learn to laugh through their pain and lean on each other when all they really want to do is run away? In A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City, Halley Feiffer slays in a work thatâs dark and disturbing and yet totally hilarious. The acclaimed world premiere at MCC Theater featured Beth Behrs, Erik Lochtefeld, Lisa Emery, and Jacqueline Sydney, and was directed by Trip Cullman.
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