Mike Downstairs is a 1968 American play.[1] It was poorly reviewed and had a short run on its Broadway debut despite starring Dane Clark.[2]
| Mike Downstairs | |
|---|---|
| Written by | George Panetta |
| Date premiered | 18 April 1968 |
| Place premiered | Hudson Theatre, New York City |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | comedy |
| Setting | Little Italy, Manhattan |
The play was also profiled in the William Goldman book The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway. Goldman called it the best of the plays that came out in April of its year. He summaried it as " a Spinoza-spouting Italian gets upset when the Authorities insist on holding an air-raid drill in preparation for when the Bomb drops, and he is beaten or killed and dragged off stage while all his friends roll around on the floor as the curtain comes down. (The play was a comedy.)"[3]
References edit
- ^ Mike Downstairs at Playbill accessed 16 June 2013
- ^ CLIVE BARNES (Apr 19, 1968). "Theater: Life, Times and a Holocaust in Little Italy: 'Mike Downstairs' by George Panetta Opens Dane Clark in Lead Role at the Hudson". New York Times. p. 35.
- ^ Goldman p 335
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