Mark Linn-Baker, Orfeh, Andy Karl, Mary Testa and more starred in John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger's The Monkey Show for LAByrinth Theater Company's annual spring benefit May 10.
Shanley directs and provided the book and lyrics to the one-night-only performance at The Lucille Lortel Theater. The work featured music by Krieger (Dreamgirls). The Monkey Show was billed as "a musical safari into the fevered hearts of apes in love!" The cast also featured Carlo Alban, Ivette Dumeng, Bill Evans, Ivan Hernandez, Sal Inzerillo, Angela Lewis and Ina Marie Smith.
Here is a look at the evening:
Shanley-Krieger Musical Monkey Show Benefit for LAB
Shanley-Krieger Musical Monkey Show Benefit for LAB
Mark Linn-Baker, Orfeh, Andy Karl, Mary Testa and more starred in John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger's The Monkey Show for LAByrinth Theater Company's annual spring benefit May 10.
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The cast of Monkey Show at curtain call.
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Mary Testa, Orfeh, Ivan Hernandez and company
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Mary Testa, Andy Karl and Mark Linn-Baker
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Mike Nichols and Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Henry Krieger
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John Patrick Shanley
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The cast of Monkey Show with John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger
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The cast of Monkey Show at curtain call.
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Mary Testa, Orfeh, Ivan Hernandez and company
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Mary Testa, Andy Karl and Mark Linn-Baker
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