Drama Desk Award-nominated monologist Frank Blocker takes on a New York City apartment building and its surroundings in this hilarious and edgy character study about the fears of change. "Killer Joe" Tennent, the landlord is in a race against the new subway line opening on his block--get the old tenants out to make way for pricier rent. And in New York City landlord-style, that's by any means necessary.
His nemesis is tenant Lorna B., the septuagenarian sex addict in recovery and den mother to all around her. Lorna stays perched in her window, watching. She is not to be messed with, but Killer Joe is determined, yet oblivious to the precise time he should quit.
All dialogue is based on conversations and situations witnessed in New York City, 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 hurt. Walk out with a smile and more patience and understanding for your fellow man. Not to mention learn a very 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."
