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Liberal fifties rockers the Extra-Ordinaries were obliterated when the plane
containing Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper crashed on them.
But apparently God is a fan (and a vociferous, needy padrone ready to rain
jihad against boy bands), so they've been resurrected. Coincidentally,
disaster really did befall them the night we attended. (Half of the comic
duo, Al Del Bene, had been rushed to the hospital with a testicle infection,
taking his wife, who's also a backup singer; the programs; and the key to
their equipment locker.) One wishes Brett Duggan, an awful but sometimes
funny singer, had mentioned this before struggling through the most painful
performance I've yet witnessed. Circumstances can change only so much;
unless there are more songs like the Weezeresque plea for tolerance "Eskimo
Jew" and a lot fewer about hepatitis B and how Marilyn Monroe could "lick
her own titties," we were still rushing for the door. -- JADA YUAN
Written and performed
by Brett Duggan and Al Del Bene; directed by Matt Jablowe.
Where:
The 14th Street Y
Theater, 344 East 14th Street
When:
8/22 at 5:30, 8/24 at 7:30, 8/25 at 3:45.
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