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La Jolla Playhouse, the San Diego theater with a rich history of developing works that later play Broadway, has announced three world premieres and one West Coast premiere as part of its 201…
There's technically only one actor on stage for many of the most memorable scenes in Hand to God, playwright Robert Askins' hit comedy currently having its Atlanta premiere through November …
EVIL RIGHT AT HAND What could go wrong when a newly widowed mom leads three teens in a wholesome, Lutheran, extra-curricular church class tasked with creating a Christian puppet show? Thankf…
Caleb Foote says it was fate that led him to the lead role in the local premiere of everyone's favorite Broadway play about a potty-mouthed, chaos-causing puppet. But you have to wonder if t…
"Hand to God" will be staged at the Arts Club Theatre Company in Vancouver from May 25 through June 25, 2017.In suburban Texas, three troubled teenagers meet every week in a church basement …
The heirs of Abbott and Costello asked the Supreme Court of the United States to hear their case against the Broadway show "Hand to God" over using the "Who's on First" routine without their…
According to Forbes, the descendants of Abbott and Costello have appealed their copyright claim against the play HAND TO GOD all the way to the Supreme Court. The case originated when the he…
Like the Dobama production, the devilish hand puppet Tyrone is rude, lewd and hellaciously funny.
Philadelphia Theatre Company opened one of its final shows for the 2016-2017 season with the Tony Award-nominated comedy "Hand to God" by Robert Askins. The show runs March 31 through …
Robert Askins's 'Hand to God' at Philadelphia Theatre Company has a sock puppet say what the human wearing him dare not. Mark Cofta reviews.
Sometimes it's easier to let a puppet speak for you, when you know the truth about how you feel will not be well received by your small southern Christian community. That's exactly what happ…
Hand to God, comedy by Robert Askins, Philadelphia Theatre Company, April 2017. A former minister from Texas, Robert Askins, wrote a vicious denunciation of religious hypocrisy in his…
There Be Demons in Robert Askins' Puppet Tyrone by Kim Waldron I prefer my horror stories to be fabulous, rather than realistic. Give me an orange-haired, foul-mouthed, demon-possessed sock …
Askins' script is an amusing mash-up of sex comedy and supernatural horror parody, drawing on puppetry's subversive potential to externalize the repressed.
A demonic puppet wreaks havoc at SpeakEasy Stage.
Robert Askins' Tony nominated comedy begins performances tonight.
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The regional premiere of Robert Askins' provocative "Hand to God" offers equal parts raunchy fun and bloody drama. That may surprise those who've heard only about the hilarity of the foul-mo…
The Farm Theater will present Bullpen Sessions Directing New Works with special guests Daniella Topol Artistic Director of Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and Moritz von Stuelpnagel Tony Awa…
The possessed-puppet play can continue to quote "Who's on First?"
"Hand to God," Robert Askins' play about a Sunday school kid who creates a possessed puppet, has extended again at Victory Gardens Theater. The production, directed by Gary Griffin, w…
Yes, "Hand to God" is just as funny as you've heard, and if you haven't heard, you must live too far away from the South Side to hear the gales of laughter. But "gales" isn't strong enough "…
Robert Askins' incendiary puppet comedy wreaks havoc at Victory Gardens.
Meet Tyrone: a puppet on an evil mission in the small town of Cypress, Texas. City Theater’s production of Hand to God is Pittsburgh’s premiere of Robert Askin’s Tony-nominated play. F…