{"id":401,"date":"2017-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nice-cori.104-207-151-122.plesk.page\/?p=401"},"modified":"2017-02-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T00:00:00","slug":"a-perspective-on-laughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/a-perspective-on-laughter","title":{"rendered":"Around Woodstock | A Perspective on Laughter | Woodstock GA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So far, we have had a fantastic season here at Elm Street<\/a>. Our \u201c16-17 Season of Perspective\u201d is about halfway through and (we think) has offered some perspective, and maybe a little fun. Whether you\u2019ve seen \u201cUrinetown,\u201d \u201cThe Glass Menagerie\u201d or our beloved \u201cA Christmas Carol,\u201d we thank you for attending our Season of Perspective. <\/span><\/p>\n

We have an opportunity coming up that I want to share with you. People like musicals, in fact, if you were to name a popular show that has been on Broadway you would probably name a musical. Which is great, but sometimes plays don\u2019t always get as much attention. We are doing a play this February, and it is hilarious. It\u2019s called \u201cLaughter on the 23rd Floor\u201d and it is by Neil Simon, a brilliant playwright. Here are a few thoughts about why I am excited for you to see it.\u00a0\"Laughter-on-the-23rd-Floor\"<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s something about New York City in the 1950s. It was a horrible time in crucial ways (sexism, racism, McCarthyism), but on the surface, it was lovely. Americans dressed up for the office, took three-hour lunches and seemed to smoke and drink blithely with little thought of the consequences. All that postwar confidence!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLaughter on the 23rd Floor\u201d was inspired by Neil Simon\u2019s early career experience as a junior writer for \u201cYour Show of Shows\u201d and \u201cCaesar\u2019s Hour.\u201d In fact, many consider this show to be semi-autobiographical. The play focuses on Simon\u2019s alter-ego Lucas Brickman, who maintains a running commentary on the writing, fighting and wacky antics that take place in the writers\u2019 room. And the writers\u2019 room? Basically it was a room that was full of the best of the best. There are alter-egos portraying famous writers like Sheldon Keller, Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner and the beloved Mel Brooks. Neil Simon worked with them, and this play takes place inside the writers\u2019 room \u2026 ready to laugh yet? <\/span><\/p>\n

Simon understands comedy. After working with the list above, who wouldn\u2019t? Through all of his cherished works, Simon shows his ability to write myriad jokes based on the human condition. For \u201cLaughter on the 23rd Floor,\u201d wit is an understatement. There isn\u2019t a line in the show that doesn\u2019t have a double meaning \u2212 \u00a0and it is usually comical.<\/span><\/p>\n

By Christopher Brazelton, executive director of Elm Street Cultural Arts Village<\/em><\/p>\n

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So far, we have had a fantastic season here at Elm Street. Our \u201c16-17 Season of Perspective\u201d is about halfway through and (we think) has offered some perspective, and maybe a little fun. Whether you\u2019ve seen \u201cUrinetown,\u201d \u201cThe Glass Menagerie\u201d or our beloved \u201cA Christmas Carol,\u201d we thank you for attending our Season of Perspective. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"aroundwoodstoc","author_link":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/author\/aroundwoodstoc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}