Review Fix chats with playwright David Koteles, who discusses “Electrocuting the Elephant,†which is set for its run at the Metropolitan Playhouse Gilded Age Festival from January 16-25.
From the creation of the production to the star-studded cast and his personal connection to the source-material, Koteles breaks it all down and tells us what makes the show so intriguing.
Synopsis:
In 1903, on Brooklyn’s Coney Island, Thomas Edison electrocuted an elephant. Moreover, he filmed it, for all to witness. Based on historic accounts, Edison’s Elephant explores the life and death of Topsy, the circus elephant who, after much abuse, retaliated against those who harmed her, and who was ultimately executed for her actions—then made the subject of Edison’s film Electrocuting the Elephant.
Edison’s Elephant cast includes: Lynn Berg (How I Learned to Drive, Batz. Film: A Day’s Messing and The Clean Up), Kevin Orton (Sir Peter Hall’s Amadeus, Uncle Vanya), Wendy Merritt (My First Lady, Game Changers), Alyssa Simon (Film: They Will Outlive Us All, Off-B’way: Purchase, My First Lady), CJ Trentacosta (BergenPAC’s 42nd Street. Film: Life in a Box)   John Thomas Waite (Broadway: Dracula, Amadeus. Off Broadway: The Fantasticks), Rik Walter (K Comma Joseph, “30 Rock,†“Law and Orderâ€) with Sean Gough on piano.
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Review Fix Exclusive: David Koteles Talks ‘Electrocuting the Elephant’
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