Back to Babylon-Back To West Palm Beach

AUDIENCES ARE COMING "BACK TO BABYLON!"
     
  
  By popular demand after eight sold out performances this past summer,
Back to Babylon, written, performed and directed by Gregg Tomé, returns
to the Cuillo Centre for the Arts in West Palm Beach. The show will
have three performances per weekend from January 6-February 24, 2006 in
the fifty seat upstairs Cabaret Room.
  
  Back to Babylon is unique in that there aren't many local actors or
writers presenting their own solo original works in Palm Beach County.
It is a contemporary play with its story line about coming of age in the
1970's, its incorporation of rock music and multi-media effects.
  
  Local critics have written about the show: "Tomé weaves a tale of the
underbelly of Americana" and "Back to Babylon works because of the
storytelling power of a single energetic performer (who) is able to change
characters with chameleon-like skill" (Hap Erstein, Palm Beach Post)
and "An amazing performance and great story….this man's a genius" (G.
Laszlo, Closer Magazine).
  
  Back to Babylon is a one-man comedic drama based on Gregg Tomé's
personal experiences of growing up in the suburban town of Babylon, Long
Island, in the 1970s.  The play is introduced by "Donny" in the local bar
on the eve of his ten-year high school reunion where he is reminiscing
about his past.  Through nine character-driven monologues, the story
then unfolds about a group of friends struggling to define themselves
within a haze of partying and a close-knit circle of townies.  After a
tragedy occurs that destroys this circle of friends, Donny, ten years
later, reveals the indelible ties that the characters have to each other
and to the history of their town.
  
  Back to Babylon has pleased audiences and impressed critics in Los
Angeles, New York and Florida where it has been performed. The show had
its New York premiere at the New York International Fringe Festival at
P.S. 122 in the summer of 2002 and was singled out from over 200 shows
performed at the Fringe by NYTHEATER.COM: "Babylon may very well be the
finest show in the FringeNYC this year…this show has everything it
needs to make its mark: a deeply inspired story, a remarkable performance
and perfect timing."  BACKSTAGE magazine praised "the vividness of
[Tomé's] characters and their modest, unmistakable authenticity."  THE
VILLAGE VOICE wrote, "Recalling suburban teendom, Tomé performs a coterie of
1970s stoners and slackers with aplomb." and NEW YORK NEWSDAY declared
it "a Babylonian Homecoming!"
  
  Back to Babylon will run from January 6-February 24. Fridays and
Saturdays at 8 pm and Saturday matinee at 2 pm, at The Cuillo Centre for
the Arts' Cabaret Room, 201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. 
Tickets: $15.  Call 561-835-9226 for reservations.

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