Steambath

Name: Steambath
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Bruce Jay Friedman
ISBN: 9781580816076

Author: Bruce Jay Friedman

Narrator: Jason Alexander, Ed Asner, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Published: 01/01/2001

Categories: Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Performing Arts, Theater

Synopsis

A parade of unforgettable characters emerge from the steam in this hilarious, supernatural bathhouse. There is Tandy, fresh from teaching art appreciation at the Police Academy; Meredith, whose last memory is buying a micro-miniskirt; Biberman, a karate silver-belt who masquerades as a paraplegic; and the mysterious Puerto Rican janitor given to omniscient musings and manipulating the fate of all mankind.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Jason Alexander, Edward Asner, Gerrit Graham, Mary Gross, Kevin Gudahl, Arthur Hanket, Paul Mercier and Ruben Sierra.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob

One of the greatest plays of the 20th Century, and also one of the most underappreciated. An ingenious, astute and often hilarious meditation on what comes next. Though it reads great, to truly appreciate it track down the 1973 PBS performance of it on DVD, starring Bill Bixby, Valerie Perrine, Herb......more

Goodreads review by Eric

This could happen...to me.......more

Goodreads review by Joanne

I remember this as a TV series that aired on PBS many years ago. I liked it so much then I wanted to revisit it. This play is about a steambath in which the attendant is God. The characters are new arrivals to the steambath. God, the steambath attendant, is a Puerto Rican. It's a short play and I ex......more