Take me out
by Richard Greenberg
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Author: Richard GreenbergEdition: Unknown Binding
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 2002
ISBN: 1582880484
Number of pages: 146
Publisher: Stage and Screen
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Book Review: Attention, Please, Gay Jewish Baseball Fanatics!
Summary: 3 Stars
Greenberg is an intriguing playwright, erudite, bright, urbane, witty...the superlatives go on and on. I have been a fan for years. He is unpredictable and worthy of our sustained attention. I didn't like this play, but I have loved others by him and you will, too. This play has one terrific virtue: it celebrates baseball, but more importantly, it celebrates the baseball convert. It is crucially about the intellectual guy, the nerd, the sissy, whatever, who comes to baseball late in life, who doesn't know the rules, the players, the history, the mythology, the anti-sports snob type who gets turned on and falls in love with baseball. It's nice. Very well done, very well said. It happens after all, and I can't think of anyone else who has touched it. The naked baseball players in the shower is pure vaudeville, pure Las Vegas, pure exploitation. I suppose Greenberg let his handlers at the Public Theater get to him; no doubt their craven greed pointed in this direction. As a result, we have here a Chorus Line type entertainment masquerading as a play. Well, everybody has to pay the rent. No doubt this has served as a meal ticket for all involved, but don't let them fool you into thinking this is a drama.
Summary of Take me out
A funny and troubling look at athletes and identity... Take Me Out is a dynamic, involving play. Donald Lyons, New York Post Darren Lemming is the star center fielder for the champion New York Empires. An extraordinary athlete, he fills both his fans and his teammates with awe at his abilities and his presence on the field and off. When he makes the matter-of-fact announcement that hes gay, he throws his team into turmoil and confusion, while he also emboldens his closeted accountant, Mason Marzac, to come to terms with his own sexualityand to fully experience the pure joy of watching great athletes play a sport as well as it can be played. But Darrens announcement brings to the fore the confused and twisted hostilities of the Empires brilliantly talented but deeply racist and homophobic pitcher, Shane Mungittfrom whose rage tragic consequences ensue. The American premiere of Take Me Out took place at the Public Theater in New York City in September 2002. It will move to the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway in February 2003.Gay Books
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