Shelley Fisher Fishkin writes (01/13/07):
Dear Classmate,
I hope that 2008 has gotten off to a good start for you!
As one of the producers of “Is He Dead?” the “new” play by Mark Twain that recently had its world premiere on Broadway (see the arts section of the Nov-Dec Yale Alumni Magazine for details), I can make a discount code for tickets available to my friends. And your friends are my friends. So if you’d like to share the fun of “Is He Dead?” with family and friends, feel free to send them this code: IHDBBX4 (Just enter it at www.broadwayoffers.com, or mention it when you order by phone at 212-947-8844.) It lets you purchase $98 orchestra seats for $55,and $78 mezzanine seats for $45 (plus service charge). (The code is good now through February). Enjoy!
All the best,
Shelley
P.S. A large group of Yale students will be attending the Saturday matinee on February 16th, and I’ll be leading a talk-back in the theatre after the show with some of the actors and members of the producing team. If you decide to get tickets for that performance, you’d be very welcome to stay for the talk-back.
IS HE DEAD? a new comedy by Mark Twain
“Good humor, good energy, and a sweet underpinning of rue.”
Michael Feingold, The Village Voice
“SHRIEKINGLY FUNNY!
I DON’T KNOW WHEN I’VE HEARD A NEW YORK AUDIENCE LAUGH LOUDER OR LONGER.”
Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
“JUST PLAIN HILARIOUS!
THIS IS A SHOW FOR ALL AGES AND FOR ALL TASTES.?ALL YOU NEED TO ENJOY IT IS THE ABILITY TO LAUGH.”
-Jacques Le Sourd, The Journal News
“There was gold dust in my eyes.”
Ben Brantley, The New York Times
“A LOT OF LAUGHS! Michael Blakemore’s direction is masterful. David Ives understands the seriousness of a light touch; he’s swift and smart. Caprice has its day; in the sure hands of Blakemore, Ives and the well-drilled supporting cast, it also has its victory.
– John Lahr, The New Yorker
“A TWAIN TO CATCH!”
-Clive Barnes, New York Post
“You’ll be doubled over with laughter!”
-David Richardson, WOR-AM
“NORBERT LEO BUTZ IS?THE FUNNIEST MAN ON BROADWAY!”
-Daily News -The Star-Ledger -WOR-AM
Adapted by DAVID IVES (All In The Timing) and directed by two-time Tony Award winner MICHAEL BLAKEMORE (Noises Off), IS HE DEAD? stars Tony Award winner NORBERT LEO BUTZ (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) as a struggling artist who stages his own death to drive up the price of his paintings.
Norbert leads a winning cast of comic actors, including Byron Jennings (Noises Off), John McMartin (Grey Gardens), Michael McGrath (Spamalot), Jenn Gambatese (All Shook Up), Tom Alan Robbins (The Lion King), Bridget Regan (Broadway debut), Jeremy Bobb (Translations), Marylouise Burke (Fuddy Meers), Patricia Conolly (House and Garden) and David Pittu (LoveMusik).
More at IsHeDead.com
—And for Shelley’s bio at the Stanford English department site, click here.