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Total Rating: 
***
Opened: 
December 3, 2004
Ended: 
2004
Country: 
USA
State: 
New York
City: 
New York
Company/Producers: 
Theater for the New City
Theater Type: 
off-off-Broadway
Theater: 
Theater For The New City
Theater Address: 
155 First Avenue
Phone: 
(212) 254-1109
Running Time: 
1 hr, 45 min
Genre: 
Comedy Revue
Author: 
Lissa Moira & Richard West
Director: 
Lissa Moira
Choreographer: 
Mariana Bekerman
Review: 

Experimental Theater doyen Lissa Moira's latest version of her creation, The Best Sex of the XX Century Sale, now at the Theater for the New City, is an amusing, absurdist history of sex in the 20th Century, with a lively cast of singers and dancers doing songs, decade by decade, of the progressing century -- movies, pop music and culture. Included are a "Boop-boopy-do" by Betty Boop and writer/director Moira herself as Mae West.

Choreography by Mariana Bekerman is delightfully in tune with the proceedings. It's an odd agglomeration of comedic musical sketches, and the constant change and innovation keeps us engaged. ou'll smile a lot at the silly antics and impressions performed by the large, talented cast. Co-writer Richard West's musical direction and pianist Franca Vercelloni keep things jumping.

Cast: 
Lissa Moira
Critic: 
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed: 
December 2004