An Evening with Eric Bogosian: Monologues, Digressions, and Air Guitar
Drama Desk Winner and Star of AMC’s Interview with a Vampire, Uncut Gems, Succession, Talk Radio, Law and Order: Criminal Intent
An Evening with Eric Bogosian: Monologues, Digressions and Air Guitar
Drama Desk Winner and Star of AMC’s Interview with a Vampire, Uncut Gems, Succession, Talk Radio, Law and Order: Criminal Intent
A BENEFIT PERFORMANCE FOR THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED CHAIN THEATRE
Written by and starring Eric Bogosian
ONE NIGHT ONLY - JANUARY 21ST AT 8:00 PM
THE CHAIN THEATRE
DONATIONS AND TICKETS AT CHAINTHEATRE.ORG
Following their critically-acclaimed 2022 Season (including New York Times critic’s pick macbitches,Standout Star in Theatrely’s Best Of in 2022 and Broadway World Best of ‘22 nominee) Chain Theatre is pleased to announce a special one night benefit performance by the legendary Eric Bogosian at Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10018. ONE NIGHT ONLY Saturday, January 21st @ 8PM. Tickets start at $30 and are available at chaintheatre.org.
This exclusive one night event with Interview With the Vampire star and Broadway legend Eric Bogosian will highlight his latest work and most well known pieces. Benefit tickets are $30-$50 and support Chain Theatre’s upcoming season. $50 tickets include priority seating and exclusive perks. The Chain Theatre is a 501c3 not for profit organization. All donations are tax deductible.
AN EVENING WITH ERIC BOGOSIAN: Monologues, Digressions and Air Guitar Saturday, January 21st 2023 @ 8PM.
Tickets begin at $30 and are now available online at ww.ChainTheatre.org or by calling (917) 261-2446 . Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the theater a half hour prior to the performance.
Running Time: 90 minutes, one ten minute intermission
Website: www.ChainTheatre.org
IG: @chaintheatrenyc FB: @ChainTheatre
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ERIC BOGOSIAN is best known as an author and actor. He wrote and starred in the play Talk Radio (NY Shakespeare Festival, 1987; on Broadway starring Liev Schreiber, 2007), for which he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and the Tony award. For his film adaptation of the play for Oliver Stone, Bogosian received the Berlin Film Festival “Silver Bear.” His six solo performances Off-Broadway between 1980 and 2000 (including Drinking in America, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll and Wake Up and Smell the Coffee) received three Obie awards and the Drama Desk Award. In addition to Talk Radio, Bogosian has written a number of full-length plays including subUrbia (Lincoln Center Theater, Second Stage, also adapted to film), Griller (The Goodman Theatre), Red Angel (Williamstown Theater Festival), Humpty Dumpty (McCarter Theatre Center), 1+1 (New York Stage and Film). He is also the author of three novels, Mall, Wasted Beauty and Perforated Heart and a novella, Notes from Underground. In April 2015, Little, Brown published Operation Nemesis Bogosian’s non-fiction account of the conspiracy that targeted and assassinated Turkish leaders responsible for the Armenian genocide.
Bogosian adapted the Theater Communications Group publication of the full collection of his monologues, titled 100 (monologues) for the website 100monologues.com, where viewers can see reinterpretations of his stage monologues performed by a wide range of top actors from stage, film and television.
As an actor, Bogosian has appeared in numerous films and television programs, most recently starring as Daniel Molloy in the AMC series "Interview with the Vampire" and the upcoming Netflix film Reptile with Benicio Del Toro. In recent years he has been featured in the Safdie Brothers’ Uncut Gems as well as the HBO series Succession and Showtime’s Billions. Since the 1980s, he has starred in Robert Altman’s The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Oliver Stone’s Talk Radio, as Travis Dane in Under Siege II, as Eddie Nash in Wonderland and as Captain Danny Ross in sixty episodes of Law & Order: CI. In 2010, he appeared on Broadway opposite Laura Linney, Brian Darcy James and Alicia Silverstone/Christina Ricci in Donald Margulies' Time Stands Still.
Bogosian is a recipient of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships. He lives in New York with his wife, director Jo Bonney.
Visit 100monologues.com for more.
CHAIN THEATRE is always seeking to reflect and react to the world around us. Culturally. Politically. Socially. We enlighten and entertain through stories that reflect on the cyclical nature of history and complexity of the human spirit. Audiences can find investment in the work at the Chain, because the work is about them, no matter what it might be. It’s a place where artists and audiences can expand their perspective onstage and onscreen.
In addition to our Mainstage programming, the Chain supports thousands of emerging and established artists to showcase their work in a professional setting. Works seen nowhere else. Your donation doesn’t just support one company but an entire community of artists finding opportunities in our spaces.
Chain produced the NYC Premiere of Six Corners by Emmy-nominated Keith Huff (A Steady Rain, Mad Men, House of Cards) and has also collaborated with Tony Award winner David Rabe (Sticks and Bones and The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel. ). The 2022 season featured the World Premiere of Huff’s Garbageman, G.D. Kimble’s What Passes for Comedy and NYTimes Critics’ Pick macbitches. Past award-winning productions include: Hurlyburly by David Rabe, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman, and Talk Radio by Eric Bogosian. The Chain supports new work by producing two One Act Festivals annually. Each festival includes over 40 plays presented by artists telling their stories their way. Chain Theatre is located at 312 W. 36th Street, 3rd and 4th Floor, New York, NY 10018 For more about the Chain Theatre visit www.chaintheatre.org @chaintheatrenyc
Chain Theatre is a 501c3 not for profit organization. All donations are tax deductible.
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Listings Information:
Who: Chain Theatre
What: AN EVENING WITH ERIC BOGOSIAN: MONOLOGUES, DIGRESSIONS AND AIR GUITAR
Where: Chain Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, 4th Floor, New York City
When: January 21st @ 8PMHow: www.chaintheatre.org
Katie Rosin