Reviews: What Critics Are Saying About Off-Broadway's The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers | Playbill

Playbill Universe Reviews: What Critics Are Saying About Off-Broadway's The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers

Tony nominee Alex Brightman teamed up with composer Drew Gasparini to create the new play.

Marc Summers and audience members in The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers Russ Rowland

Two-time Tony nominee Alex Brightman's newest play The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers officially opened Off-Broadway February 22, and the reviews are rolling in.

The show reunites Brightman with composer Drew Gasparini to tell the story of Nickelodeon host Marc Summers. Playing New World Stages, the production began performances February 14.

Part interactive game show, part memoir, The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers follows the infamous host from the set of the children's game show Double Dare to the Food Network, where he has now worked for more than 20 years. Starring Summers, the production relies heavily on audience participation to bring iconic moments in television history to life.

Read the reviews below.

DC Theater Arts (Deb Miller)

New York Theatre Guide (Gillian Russo)

TheaterMania (Rachel Graham)

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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.

The creative team includes director Chad Rabinovitz, set designer Christopher Rhoton, lighting designer Jeffrey Small, and co-sound designers David Sheehan and Hide J Nakajo. The show is general managed by LDK Productions' Lisa Dozier Shacket and Michael Shannon.

The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers is produced by Lisa Dozier Shacket, with Guy Fieri, Jeremy Wein/Existence Media in association with Marlene and Gary Cohen, Christopher Rhoton, and Joe Trentacosta.

The work was originally developed and produced at Constellation Stage and Screen in Bloomington, Indiana.

Visit LifeAndSlimes.com.

Photos: The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers Off-Broadway

 
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