I really liked Norbert and his company in this play. I'm very disappointed to read that it's closing :(

Broadway's Is He Dead? to Close March 9

By Andrew Ku
and Kenneth Jones
26 Feb 2008

Is He Dead?, the obscure 1898 comedy by Mark Twain that was reworked for Broadway, will play its final performance on March 9, producers announced Feb. 26.

The well-reviewed production, starring Norbert Leo Butz and directed by Michael Blakemore, will have played 105 performances and 13 previews upon closing. Advertisements had been touting "last weeks" for the past month.

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The discovery of Mark Twain's Is He Dead? marks the return of Norbert Leo Butz to the Broadway stage, this time in a play. Leading an ensemble cast including: Jenn Gambatese, Byron Jennings, Michael McGrath, David Pittu, and John McMartin, Butz turns the notions of death and gender upside down and inside out.

The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated )
Twain Today A Multi-media narration with Norbert Leo Butz.

It’s Not Life on the Mississippi, Jean-François Honey

December 10, 2007
THEATER REVIEW | 'IS HE DEAD?'
It's Not Life on the Mississippi, Jean-François Honey
By BEN BRANTLEY

What might have been a wheeze turns out to be a giggle.


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