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Total Rating: 
*1/2
Opened: 
September 12, 2002
Ended: 
October 20, 2002
Country: 
USA
State: 
New York
City: 
New York
Company/Producers: 
Atlantic Theater Company
Theater Type: 
off-Broadway
Theater: 
Atlantic Theater
Theater Address: 
336 West 20th Street
Phone: 
(212) 947-8844
Genre: 
Comedy
Author: 
George S. Kaufman
Director: 
David Pittu
Review: 

There are entertaining moments in The Butter and Egg Man, but you can see clearly why George S. Kaufman joined with other writers in his subsequent works. There are good gags in this play about a novice going into showbusiness, and clever lines, but it's a creaky antique that doesn't work anymore.

In act two director David Pittu has everybody shouting, but that doesn't engage us as we are asked to identify with a lucky idiot. John Ellison Conlee's acting gives the play a better balance towards the end, but "the play's the thing" -- and this ain't it.

Cast: 
Todd Buonopane, David Brummel, John Ellison Conlee, David Cromwell, Amanda Davies, Heather Goldenhersh, Julie Halston, Tom Mardirosian, Michael McGrath, Robin Skye, David Turner, Amelia White.
Technical: 
Set: Anna Louizos; Costumes: Bobby Frederick Tilley II; Lighting: Robert Perry; Sound: Fitz Patton; Casting: Mark Simon.
Critic: 
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed: 
October 2002