''Bridge & Tunnel'' is a one-woman
Broadway show, in which all of the roles are performed by stage actress
Sarah Jones. Jones explores the diverse immigrant makeup of the
New York City
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boroughs outside Manhattan by playing a variety of different characters, each of a different race. The play comprises a series of monologues, in which each character takes the stage during a poetry reading and ends up talking about his or her life.
[Gutman, Les, and Cooper, Amanda]
"A CurtainUp Review Bridge & Tunnel"
curtainup.com, February 11, 2004 and 2006
The play premiered
Off-Broadway
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at the
45 Bleecker Street Theater on February 19, 2004, and closed on August 15, 2004. It won the 2003–04
Obie Award
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, Outstanding Performance. The play opened on
Broadway at the
Helen Hayes Theatre on January 13, 2006, in previews, officially on January 26, 2006, and closed on August 6, 2006, after 213 performances. The play won the
Special Tony Award at the
2006 Tony Awards.
References
External links
''Voices on Antisemitism'' Interview with Sarah Jonesfrom the
U.S. Holocaust Memorial MuseumInternet Broadway Database listingtheatremania article, January 12, 2006
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Plays for one performer
Monodrama
2004 plays
American plays