Word: rocks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Drugs, Rock & Roll...
Eric Bogosian, a monologuist, is at the American Repertory Theatre (ART) this weekend with a work in progress entitled Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll. Dressed in black, he relies on stories and characters instead of special effects or gimmicks to create his version of theater...
...Drugs, Rock & Roll is part of the Satirical Subversive series at the ART which brought us such satirists as Mort Sahl and Paul Zaloom. Unfortunately, as a satirist, Bogosian is only fair. He relies too heavily on stereotypes, especially in a bit about a high-powered, slimy executive of a type that is already familiar from Mamet and movies like Wall Street. In another somewhat ineffective monologue, Bogosian creates a Spinal Tap-like over-the-hill rocker, and the jokes seem stale and repetitive...
Many of the characters in Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll are failures at the American dream. They're marginalized, unhappy. By illustrating the humor and the sadness in their lives, Bogosian asks us to redeem them...
Spokesman Jeanne B. Chenoweth said the planetarium has several shows designed for college students, including the "Rainbow Cadenza"--a laser light show set to classical music--and rock music presentations such as "Moon Rock" and laser Pink Floyd...