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My Life on a Diet

First Preview: Nov 4, 2019
Opening Date: Nov 19, 2019
Closing Date: Dec 15, 2019
Running Time: 01:35
My Life on a Diet

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Playing @
George Street Playhouse
11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Renée Taylor looks back on a life full of memorable roles in Hollywood and on Broadway, and just as many fad diets. A self-described “diet junkie,” Taylor, in , dishes out juicy anecdotes about -- and weight loss tips from -- Hollywood legends such as Joan Crawford, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando and Cary Grant (she used to think that if she ate like a star, she’d just might live like one). By sharing her highs and lows – on and off the scale – as only she could, Renée Taylor proves how the ability to laugh will get you through it all.

Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning writer and actress Renée Taylor – known to millions for her role of Sylvia Fine on The Nanny – will return to the New York stage this summer in My Life on a Diet, an uproarious one-woman show based on her 1986 autobiography, adapted for the stage by Ms. Taylor and her late husband Joseph Bologna

Renée
explains, “A few years ago, I had the pleasure to work with my friend Nora Ephron on her wonderful play, Love, Loss, and What I Wore. I told her that, as a woman who had worn every size from 4 to 18 over the years, my version of the play would be called, ‘Love, Loss, and What I Ate.’  Well, this is that play, but I ended up calling it MY LIFE ON A DIET.”
RegionalPlay - ComedyRegional
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13

Performance Schedule

WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 7 PM
THURSDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ 2 PM


Written By
  • Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna

Director
  • Joseph Bologna

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Accessibility

  • Assisted Listening System

    For patrons who have a hearing impairment, light-weight, comfortable, padded ear buds and receivers are available at the Patron Services desk in the lobby of The New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC).
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  • Visual Assistance

    Large-Print and Braille programs are available free of charge by request at the Patron Services desk at The New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC).
  • Wheelchair Info

    Our theater spaces and restroom facilities are wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair accessible seating is available until sold out. It may be purchased either online or by calling 732-246-7717
  • Box Office

    Hours: Monday - Friday: 12 PM until 5 PM. On Saturdays with performances we will be open from 12 PM until 5 PM. Closed Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day and Fourth of July.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    There is a public elevator in the lobby for access to the balcony
  • Restroom

    Restroom facilities are wheelchair accessible.

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