The Bomb-itty of Errors
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The Bomb-itty of Errors is a hip hop theatre retelling of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors
. Written and performed by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Jason Catalano, GQ
, and Erik Weiner
, the show has been performed in New York City
(Off-Broadway
), London
(West End
), Chicago
, Dublin, Edinburgh
, Florida
, Aspen
, Syracuse
, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles
.
It was nominated alongside Stephen Sondheim
for Best Lyrics at the Drama Desk Awards, nominated for Outer Critics Circle Awards, and received the Jefferson Award in Chicago and the Grand Jury Prize at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.
The show lasts one hour and thirty minutes and is part play and part rap concert. The four actors play all the characters (male and female), while a DJ spins the beats onstage. The music was written by JAQ
and the show was directed and developed by Andy Goldberg.
The play is available for purchase and the script and music is available for licensing from Samuel French.
The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's earliest plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. The Comedy of Errors is one of only two of Shakespeare's...
. Written and performed by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Jason Catalano, GQ
GQ (actor)
Gregory J. Qaiyum , better known by his initials GQ, is an American actor, writer and MC.The son of a Caucasian American mother of German and English descent and a Pakistani father. GQ was raised in Chicago, where he attended Loyola Academy , and later studied at New York University's Tisch School...
, and Erik Weiner
Erik Weiner
Erik Weiner is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for co-creating the play The Bomb-itty of Errors and his role as Agent Sebso on HBO's Boardwalk Empire.-Biography:...
, the show has been performed in New York City
New York City
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(Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...
), London
London
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(West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
), Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Dublin, Edinburgh
Edinburgh
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, Florida
Florida
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, Aspen
Aspen, Colorado
The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 5,804 in 2005...
, Syracuse
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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.
It was nominated alongside Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
for Best Lyrics at the Drama Desk Awards, nominated for Outer Critics Circle Awards, and received the Jefferson Award in Chicago and the Grand Jury Prize at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.
The show lasts one hour and thirty minutes and is part play and part rap concert. The four actors play all the characters (male and female), while a DJ spins the beats onstage. The music was written by JAQ
JAQ
Jeffery Allen Qaiyum redirects here. For the name Jeffery Allen Qaiyum see Jacques.Jeffery Allen Qaiyum is an American professional b-boy, writer and MC. He has a brother, GQ, who is also a B-Boy professional.-Biography:...
and the show was directed and developed by Andy Goldberg.
The play is available for purchase and the script and music is available for licensing from Samuel French.