Breakneck Comedy of Errors
Timothy Mooney
The Bomb-itty of Errors
by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Jason Catalano, Gregory J. Qaiyum, Jeffrey Qaiyum, Erik Weiner
Highlights
Awards & Recognition
Drama Desk Award Outer Critics Circle
Nominee: 2000 Drama Desk Award for Best Lyrics Nominee: 2000 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play Winner! 2001 Jefferson Award (Chicago) for Best Production Winner! Grand Jury Prize at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen
Synopsis
The Bomb-itty of Errors is a high-paced, energetic, musical "add-rap-tation" of Willy Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors .
Elizabethan times get pumped up with live hip-hop flavor in this hilarious, award-winning show.
First performed off-Broadway in New York, nominated for Drama Desk Award, Outer Critic's Circle Award, and winner of the Jefferson Award and Best Show at the HBO Comedy Festival, The Bomb-itty has played in Chicago, Philadelphia, London and Amsterdam, and continues to find new fans, audiences and productions around the globe.
Usually performing with a live DJ onstage, actors sing, rap and rhyme fun, catchy and laugh-out-loud songs.
The show can be performed with anywhere from 4 to 20 actors, depending on how you want to cast it.
Bring the most exciting show to an audience near you!
You will be swept up in the electric fun of Bomb-itty !
Press Reviews
"This energetic twist on Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors is a thrill, GRADE: A!"
— Entertainment Weekly
"This fantastic show is one of the most entertaining, slick and inventive you'll see on the Fringe this year—and it has some clever insights to shed on the Bard's classic farce too... Does what so many productions fail to do—it makes Shakespeare funny. Not just chuckling, yes-I-see-this-part-is-meant-to-be-comical funny, but laugh out loud, hollering and cheering funny... The language is as clever, sharp and twisty as Shakespeare's."
— Edinburgh Evening News
"Nothing short of brilliant. Clever writing, rhythmic flow, witty musical allusions and intelligent humor... the show is thoroughly entertaining."
— MTV
"A rap version of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors that pulses with wit, savvy and a sublime sense of its own ridiculousness... You'll be enchanted."
— The Telegraph
"Bomb-itty is witty, lewd and altogether new. Think 'The Beastie Boys from Syracuse.'"
— The New Yorker
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| Actor 2 Antipholus of Ephesus, Adriana, Bobby, Backup singer, Receive Cat, Hendelberg Double #2 |
| Actor 3 Antipholus of Syracuse, Hendelberg, Abbess, Luciana Double |
| Actor 4 Dromio of Ephesus, Luciana, Cop, C-Fake, Felicio, Shake-speareThough the original off-Broadway produoction employed 4 actors, there are parts for up to 20 performers. |
| Actor 1 Dromio of Syracuse, Desi, Dr. Pinch, Backup singer, Hendel-berg Double #4 |
Videos
The Bomb-itty of Errors: Prologue
Publication
The Bomb-itty of Errors is a comedy play written by Jordan Allen-Dutton and published by Samuel French .
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Performance Rights
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Amateur Only
Fee: Minimum Fee: $110 per performance
Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)
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