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Molumby's Million
Boxing champ Jack Dempsey is in a pickle ... he wants a fight, but crooked promoters, conniving reporters, shady dames and his own comical attempts at acting derail him .... a hard punching comedy about the seedy world of the fight game and one honest man trying to make a million bucks.
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Iron Age Theatre has a special affinity for masculine plays — hard-edged, tough-guy dramas set in Antarctica, the Congo, the deep South — so D.W. Gregory's Molumby's Million seems ideal for the ambitious Norristown company. Lancaster native Gregory's new play features 1920s star boxer Jack Dempsey (Howie Brown, in fighting trim) battling a tiny Montana cowtown's local hero. It's a comedy, though, written by a woman (and Pulitzer Prize finalist), which co-director John Doyle likens to 1930s screwball comedies, but with heart — and features modern themes like the dangers of celebrity culture and money's corrupting influence. And, of course, macho guys punching each other silly.
-- Philadelphia City Paper
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For 1 woman, 6 men
Production History:
Developed at Theatre of the First Amendment First Light Festival and at Playwrights' Theatre of New Jersey with a National New Play Network Development grant.
Initial production at Iron Age Theatre Co., Norristown, Pa. |
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