June 29-30, 7:30 p.m. both days
In "Bono and The Edge Waiting for Godomino's," the smash hit award-winning play from Los Angeles, U2's Bono orders a pizza delivery to get back in touch with The Common Man. This clever and ingenious parody of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," written and directed by Richard Lucas, comes to PianoFight, SF's Premier Indy Entertainment Venue, for two nights only.
"Bono and The Edge Waiting for Godomino's" had its world premiere at the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival, followed by two extended runs at theaters in the L.A. area. The show has garnered several awards and nominations including "Best Comedy" and "Encore Producer's Award" at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, and TheTVolution.com's "2017 Best of Los Angeles Theatre" list.
In the play, Beckett's script is flipped as Bono, wracked with guilt over his own success and fear of having lost touch with his working-class and spiritual roots, orders a pizza delivery to his castle in the hopes of conversing with the delivery person about living a real life. But Bono's lifelong bandmate, guitarist The Edge, wants no part of his socio-spiritual experiment and rejects any thought of inviting opinions or judgments on his hard-earned rock star life. Both struggle with the possible hypocrisies in their practices versus their policies in a funny and surprisingly deep comedy that skewers celebrity culture, blind faith, and pretentious theater while searching for the meaning of art in a hyper-capitalist society.
The 65-minute play stars Jeff Blumberg, Curt Collier, Richard Lucas, and Bruno Oliver.
"...This is not the first parody of Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' I've ever seen, but it may be the last because I'm not sure it can get any better than this." - FringeReview.co.uk
June 29-30, 7:30 p.m. both days
In "Bono and The Edge Waiting for Godomino's," the smash hit award-winning play from Los Angeles, U2's Bono orders a pizza delivery to get back in touch with The Common Man. This clever and ingenious parody of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," written and directed by Richard Lucas, comes to PianoFight, SF's Premier Indy Entertainment Venue, for two nights only.
"Bono and The Edge Waiting for Godomino's" had its world premiere at the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival, followed by two extended runs at theaters in the L.A. area. The show has garnered several awards and nominations including "Best Comedy" and "Encore Producer's Award" at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, and TheTVolution.com's "2017 Best of Los Angeles Theatre" list.
In the play, Beckett's script is flipped as Bono, wracked with guilt over his own success and fear of having lost touch with his working-class and spiritual roots, orders a pizza delivery to his castle in the hopes of conversing with the delivery person about living a real life. But Bono's lifelong bandmate, guitarist The Edge, wants no part of his socio-spiritual experiment and rejects any thought of inviting opinions or judgments on his hard-earned rock star life. Both struggle with the possible hypocrisies in their practices versus their policies in a funny and surprisingly deep comedy that skewers celebrity culture, blind faith, and pretentious theater while searching for the meaning of art in a hyper-capitalist society.
The 65-minute play stars Jeff Blumberg, Curt Collier, Richard Lucas, and Bruno Oliver.
"...This is not the first parody of Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' I've ever seen, but it may be the last because I'm not sure it can get any better than this." - FringeReview.co.uk
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