
Benefit for Fresh Fruit Festival
From the press release:
An encore performance of Perfect European Man, winner of Best Production, Best Direction (DJ Salisbury) and Best Actor (Thom Christopher Warren) awards in the 2010 Fresh Fruit Festival NYC.A one act play based on an historical event wherein Sandow, considered the father of modern bodybuilding, is being cast in plaster as an example of a “Perfect” physical specimen. The year is 1901. In dialogue with the plaster artisan, Sandow’s working relationship with Florenz Ziegfeld, and his intriguing connection to the handsome composer with whom he traveled the United States are illuminated…and demystified. The artisan, too, has revelations of his own to share.
With Xander Chauncey as Sandow the Magnificent and Thom Christopher Warren as Desmond Frates, British Museum artisan
All proceeds of this performance to benefit the Fresh Fruit Festival.
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