Fried Chicken and Latkes w/Rain Pryor

First Preview: May 27, 2015

Opening Date: Jun 2, 2015

Closing Date: Jun 28, 2015

Running Time: 01:25

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National Black Theatre 2

2031 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10035

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Fried Chicken & Latkes, written and conceived by Rain Pryor, is a hero’s journey from the standpoint of a person born into a world of “Us vs. Them” – but not quite an “us” and not quite a “them”

The hilariously, irreverent and poignant “Fried Chicken & Latkes” is Rain Pryor's one woman theatrical, cabaret-styled show based on her life growing up Black and Jewish. Pryor plays the 11 characters most pivotal to her life and takes her audience on a musical journey through the late 60s, 70s and 80s and some little-known family history. Along the way she offers a unique perspective on race, identity and the loss of her iconic father Richard Pryor.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
MONDAY, THURSDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
SATURDAY @ 2 PM
SUNDAY @ 4 PM

Off Broadway Play - Comedy Performance Art

Show Notes: No Intermission

Age Guidance: 13

Audience Advisory: Adult language & situations

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[Rain Pryor] delivers a spot-on impression of her father, both at his height...and, poignantly, in his decline. She acknowledges his flaws, like womanizing and drug abuse, but vividly renders his tender paternal concern and honorable candor.Ms. Pryor has had many television roles, perhaps most notably as a regular character on the ABC series “Head of the Class.” But she has an outsize presence built for Broadway; at times her salty banter suggests Bette Midler without the camp. Now a mother, she abandoned “Hollyweird” (her term) to adopt Baltimore as a base of operations. But she certainly seems right at home in Manhattan.

------ New York Times

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[Rain Pryor] delivers a spot-on impression of her father, both at his height...and, poignantly, in his decline. She acknowledges his flaws, like womanizing and drug abuse, but vividly renders his tender paternal concern and honorable candor.Ms. Pryor has had many television roles, perhaps most notably as a regular character on the ABC series “Head of the Class.” But she has an outsize presence built for Broadway; at times her salty banter suggests Bette Midler without the camp. Now a mother, she abandoned “Hollyweird” (her term) to adopt Baltimore as a base of operations. But she certainly seems right at home in Manhattan.

------ New York Times

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[Rain Pryor] delivers a spot-on impression of her father, both at his height...and, poignantly, in his decline. She acknowledges his flaws, like womanizing and drug abuse, but vividly renders his tender paternal concern and honorable candor.Ms. Pryor has had many television roles, perhaps most notably as a regular character on the ABC series “Head of the Class.” But she has an outsize presence built for Broadway; at times her salty banter suggests Bette Midler without the camp. Now a mother, she abandoned “Hollyweird” (her term) to adopt Baltimore as a base of operations. But she certainly seems right at home in Manhattan.

------ New York Times

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[Rain Pryor] delivers a spot-on impression of her father, both at his height...and, poignantly, in his decline. She acknowledges his flaws, like womanizing and drug abuse, but vividly renders his tender paternal concern and honorable candor.Ms. Pryor has had many television roles, perhaps most notably as a regular character on the ABC series “Head of the Class.” But she has an outsize presence built for Broadway; at times her salty banter suggests Bette Midler without the camp. Now a mother, she abandoned “Hollyweird” (her term) to adopt Baltimore as a base of operations. But she certainly seems right at home in Manhattan.

------ New York Times

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