If there has ever been a piece of theater more directly targeted toward my generation I have no idea what it would be. I mean come on, one guy performing every single scene from the original trilogy (it’s a little wrong that I have to even say “original trilogy” isn’t it?). He even “recreates the effects, sings the music, flies the ships, and fights both sides of the battles.”
The show is coming to town for one night only (one man show, one night only!) on Friday December 7, 2007. Tickets are $23.50 and I suggest you get yours now before all the other children of the late 70s and 80s beat you to it.
A long time ago, in a galaxy… ah, forget about it! This isn’t your
father’s Star Wars. Charles Ross performs every scene from the original
Star Wars trilogy in a tour de force of farce. Luke, Han, Obi-Wan,
Vader, even R2 get channeled through the twisted mind of this manic
maniac. A Canadian actor who has followed his heart and his career from
one side of the continent to the other, Ross has brought countless
audiences, both large and small, to their feet with his surprisingly
unique shows. And the Chicago Daily Herald raves, “A wild amusement
park ride. My first impulse was to get in line and go again.”
Kentucky Center for the Arts
501 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 562-0100
Photo credit: Jason Woodruff, copyright 2005
November 23, 2007
Downtown, Entertainment, Theater