
Mister Monkey
by Drew
The Short Version: A misfit company of off-off-off-Broadway actors present a treacly children’s musical called Mister Monkey. A child in the audience asks his grandfather: “Are you interested in this?” The novelist who wrote the original book (which was then adapted into this play) considers his life, decades after success. And all the while, the monkey watches… The Review: My friend and co-host Christopher told me, as he finished this book, that he was reminded of A Visit From the Goon Squad […]
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