The acclaimed "Two Men Talking" continues its open engagement at The Barrow Street Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday June 24 and 25, both at 7:30pm. "Two Men Talking," a standout hit of The Barrow Street Fortnight (an mini festival of alternative shows) in January, wrapped up a four-month extended run on May 3. The show will continue to play an irregular schedule indefinitely, say the
producers Scott Morfee and Tom Wirtshafter.
"Two Men Talking" is an improvised account of a friendship between two openly gay, Jewish, white South Africans. Each performance is different as the men's accounts are predicated on numerous conditions. These include their own mutual listening, their willingness to make spur-of-the-moment observations and confessions, as well as the moment-to-moment responses of the audience.
Paul Browde and Murray Nossel, who are trained in psychology (Browde is a practicing psychologist), both also pursued careers in the theatre -- and yet their lives trace entirely distinct trajectories. For the past ten years they have been refining storytelling as a twin pursuit -- for the purposes of personal growth and empowerment, as well as for entertainment.
Browde and Nossel forged their friendship while attending (in the 1960's) an elite Jewish preparatory school in Johannesburg, South Africa.
"Two Men Talking" returns on Tuesday and Wednesday June 24 and 25, both at 7:30pm. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased thru Telecharge, at 212/239-6200, or online at
www.telecharge.com. The Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue South, is now a hotbed of literate unscripted theatre. In addition to "Two Men Talking," the highly acclaimed long-form improv phenomenon "TJ & Dave" returns for another three-day layover from Chicago on July 25 and 26 (at 10pm), and July 27 at 9pm.
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