NewsPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Two-Show Day With How to Be a New Yorker Writer and Star Margaret CopelandHow to Be a New Yorker, the Off-Broadway comedy written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, now plays The Screening Room Theater at Planet Hollywood Times Square. Copeland shares a recent two-show day with Playbill.com.
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November 27, 2013
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Two-Show Day With How to Be a New Yorker Writer and Star Margaret Copeland
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Two-Show Day With How to Be a New Yorker Writer and Star Margaret Copeland
How to Be a New Yorker, the Off-Broadway comedy written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, now plays The Screening Room Theater at Planet Hollywood Times Square. Copeland shares a recent two-show day with Playbill.com.
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Just woke up! Immediately I slip into my robe and slippers and off to the coffee maker I go.
Margaret Copeland
Nothing kicks your a** like a Refine Method class with founder and teacher Brynn Putnam, one of my favorite ways to sweat.
Margaret Copeland
Back home my sister Beatrice is cooking up some perfect pumpkin pancakes.
Margaret Copeland
Yes Please!
Margaret Copeland
Uh Oh! I'm running a little late. I hope the B, D trains are running smoothly today :/ I hope Olivia doesn't write me up in the performance report...
Margaret Copeland
There's my Stage Manager Olivia Gemelli....Stern for a second but happy to see me so we can start cracking jokes. She's the best and the Boss.
Margaret Copeland
This guy! Kevin James Doyle, my comedic other half and co-writer. I check in with him and he gives me 2 thumbs up which means it was a late night but he's feeling good!
Margaret Copeland
Makeup time! "Olivia, do I have too much blush on?" Kevin, "You have too much everything on" "Shut up Kevin! Olivia?"
Margaret Copeland
Let's stretch it out. Gosh these pants are tight.
Margaret Copeland
Kevin and I fight like brother and sister but at the end of the day we love each other...
Margaret Copeland
Time to get old...
Margaret Copeland
... and turn on that NYC sass.
Margaret Copeland
Me and a sign. "Can you take a picture of me?" Doorman, "You look familiar" "Yeah that's me"
Obie Award winner Robert Ross Parker directs actor-comedians and licensed NYC tour guides Copeland and Doyle in the comic romp, which includes stories from "the world's largest landfill in Staten Island to the home of the Bronx Bombers" as well as a pre-show lunch or dinner.
The Planet Hollywood edition of How to Be a New Yorker introduces new material, including the debut of its new sketch "Real Housewives of the Upper East Side." The show, according to press notes, "delivers a laugh-filled tour around the greatest city in the world with actors, comedians and licensed tour guides Ms. Copeland and Mr. Doyle as they play over 70 characters. Under the direction of Obie Award winner Robert Ross Parker, this 'Saturday Night Live' style comedy features a hilarious look at NYC's 400-year history. Immigrants, construction workers, muggers, Wall Street bankers, panhandlers, MTA workers, and Mayor Bloomberg all get a solid lampooning! It doesn't matter if you were born on the Upper West Side or just took your first terrifying cab ride, you will love learning How to Be a New Yorker."
The creative team includes set designer Nick Francone and costume designer Janell Clingenpeel.
How to Be a New Yorker is produced Off-Broadway by CRC Productions and Marie B Productions.
The performance schedule is Fridays at 7 PM and Saturdays at 1:30 PM and 7 PM. The entrance is located on 45th Street just east of Broadway. Lunch or dinner is served at each performance.
For more information and tickets, call (212) 352-3101 or visit How2BeANewYorker.com.
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