Turn Me Loose at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Turn Me Loose

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
9390 N Santa Monica Blvd Beverly Hills

Turn Me Loose explores the influential life of 1960s comic genius Dick Gregory, the first Black stand-up to make white audiences laugh at the absurdity of bigotry. The play reveals how the power of activism enticed Gregory from one of the most successful show business careers of the postwar era into a life of sacrifice and danger alongside Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers and other Civil Rights leaders.

Thru - Nov 12, 2017

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 2:30pm & 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:30pm

Price: $60 and $75

Show Type: Comedy/Drama

Box Office: 310-246-3800

www.thewallis.org

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Los Angeles Times - Recommended

"...But even more than that, he's performing for the betterment of America. A hero wearing the mask of a clown, Gregory understood the seriousness of his comedy. "Turn Me Loose" pays homage to his sneaky genius and unwavering commitment, and Morton's portrayal reveals the anger, love and devastating sanity that set this prophetic comic apart."

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- Charles McNulty

Edge - Highly Recommended

"...Wow! This is an extraordinary bio-play on the late comic, Dick Gregory! "Turn Me Loose" by Gretchen Law, gracefully directed by John Gould Rubin, and starring Joe Morton, is brilliantly funny, exactingly acted, and totally relevant to today."

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- Dale Reynolds

Stage and Cinema - Somewhat Recommended

"...Director John Gould Rubin often blocks Morton awkwardly, as in numerous instances where the actor looks to an imaginary mirror downstage right and performs monologues that alternate between self-flagellations and pep-talks. They just don't resonate the way they should. As I left the show, I felt sad and distracted. Some of that was the inescapable truth that America is still a place of racial intolerance-that Dick Gregory didn't live to see all the changes he fought for."

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- Samuel Garza Bernstein

Broadway World - Highly Recommended

"...Thanks to Joe Morton and everyone on the production team, a new generation of audiences will discover one of the most prophetic, committed, authentic and confrontational-and hysterically funny-public figures of our time. No doubt you will also gain a greater understanding of how Dick Gregory's comedic genius shines brightly in so many modern-day comedians who make us laugh at our own shortsightedness."

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- Shari Barrett

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Turn Me Loose Reviews

Los Angeles Times - Recommended

Edge - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Somewhat Recommended

Broadway World - Highly Recommended

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