A Musical Hit for the National Yiddish Theatre

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  • Kibitzing with Itzy Firestone, Suzanne Toren and Eyal Sherf from Di Ksube
  • by Joel Markowitz

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Thom Pain (based on nothing)

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  • By Will Eno
  • Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner
  • Produced by Rep Stage
  • Reviewed by Tim Treanor

If, as Charles Isherwood famously observed, Will Eno is the Samuel Beckett of the Jon Stewart generation, then Thom Pain (based on nothing) is his Krapp’s Last Tape. Krapp, reflecting his playwright’s reclusive preferences, told his story into a tape recorder but Thom Pain (Timothy Andrés Pabon), reflecting the sensibilities of the Jon Stewart generation, requires an audience.

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