Drama Desk Award-nominated monologist Frank Blocker takes on New York City apartment dwellers and the surrounding populous in this funny and edgy character study about the fear of change.
"Killer Joe" Tennent, the landlord is in a race against the impending new subway line: get the old tenants out so he can raise rent. And in New York City landlord style, that's by any means necessary.
His nemesis, Lorna B. in 2E, is a septuagenarian sex addict in recovery. Den mother to all, Lorna perches in her second floor window and watches. But she's not to be messed with.
All dialogue is based on conversations and situations witnessed in and around Manhattan, including (believe it or not) the old Russian cabbie listening to a Biblically-challenged Baptist preacher on the radio.
It's a great opportunity to laugh at New York characters without getting murdered. Walk out with a smile and more empathy for your fellow man. And learn a valuable lesson: never mess with an old whore.
This play has already become a critical and controversial darling but then again, to quote the show, "Everybody's a hero in their own head."
