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HELP! HELP! I KNOW THIS TITLE IS LONG BUT SOMEBODY’S TRYING TO KILL ME Opens at Canal Park Playhouse, 4/20

By: Mar. 27, 2012
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Canal Park Playhouse will present the NY premiere of HELP! HELP! I KNOW THIS TITLE IS LONG BUT SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO KILL ME, created by and featuring Drew Richardson, with direction by Avner the Eccentric. HELP! HELP! I KNOW THIS TITLE IS LONG BUT SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO KILL ME begins performances on Friday, April 20 for a limited engagement through Sunday, May 11. Performances take place at Canal Park Playhouse (508 Canal Street, between Greenwich and West Streets in Tribeca). The performance schedule is Fridays at 7 PM. The regular ticket price is $20. For tickets or more information, call OvationTix on 1-866-811-4111 or visit www.canalparkplayhouse.com.

The performers of a vaudeville variety show have been murdered–except for Drew the Dramatic Fool! Unfortunately for him, the show must go on, or he's next. Drew attempts every act in the show, from juggling 36 balls to sawing a woman in half, in this comical examination of fears–fear of performing, fear of failure, and fear of death. When courage fails, the only answer is dramatic foolishness. Perfect for ages 5 – 105.

Dinner is available at the theater's Waffle Iron Café before the show. The menu includes hot-off-the-waffle-iron spinach, mushroom, smoked chicken sausage frittatas; French toast; and Traditional Belgian Waffles with pure Vermont maple syrup and butter as well as the house specialty The Playhouse Pink Waffle (a pink waffle with strawberries and whipped cream). New menu additions include a chocoholic fantasy, the Decadent Dark Chocolate Waffle, entree salads and gourmet sliders.

Inspired by a thousands-of-years old tradition of royal jesters, vaudeville eccentrics, silent film comedians, animated cartoons, theatrical clowns, and imperfect humans everywhere, Drew the Dramatic Fool has performed in theaters and festivals all over the US including The Arden Theatre at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, The Palace of Variety in Times Square, and The NY International Festival Of Clown-Theatre at Westbeth Theatre Center. Drew has created five one-man shows including The Psychology of Clumsiness (twice picked as Critic's Choice by The Chicago Reader), and the current Help! Help! I Know This Title is Long, But Somebody's Trying to Kill Me! ("Ingenious"-Chicago Tribune). Drew began performing magic and juggling to compensate for his shyness. Now he plays the fool to take advantage of his increasing baldness. Drew's life-long personal tension between drama and foolishness gelled while studying Theatrical Clowning under the tutelage of John Towsen at Ohio University. Left speechless after his academic achievement, Drew continued his studies with Jacques Lecoq in Paris. After recovering from those experiences, Drew moved to Chicago, and finally Pittsburgh.

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