Past Event
Feb 20—22, 2014
No Place to Go
Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra / From USA
The company where he’s worked for the past ten years is moving to another planet, and playwright Ethan Lipton doesn’t want to go in this hilarious, irreverent and personal musical ode to the unemployed.
The company where he’s worked for the past ten years is moving to another planet, and playwright Ethan Lipton doesn’t want to go. Part love letter to his co-workers, part query to the universe, part protest to his company and country, No Place to Go delivers a hilarious, irreverent and personal musical ode to the unemployed. Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra perform this OBIE Award-winning theatrical song cycle steeped in musical traditions including jazz, blues, folk, country and lounge.
Info
Venue
The Jackie Liebergott Black Box at the Emerson/Paramount Center
559 Washington Street Boston, MA 02111
“The spirit of Woody Guthrie is alive and well in the East Village.”
— The New York Post
“If there is a better love letter to New York, we haven’t seen it.”
— Huffington Post
“The music, played by Lipton’s three-piece band, is light and easy, while his onstage persona is at once enraged, amused, and self-critical.”
— Backstage