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"A funny and troubling look at athletes and identity . . . Take Me Out is a dynamic, involving play." ―Donald Lyons, New York Post
Darren Lemming is the star center fielder for the champion New York Empires. An extraordinary athlete, he fills both his fans and his teammates with awe at his abilities and his presence on the field and off. When he makes the matter-of-fact announcement that he's gay, he throws his team into turmoil and confusion, while he also emboldens his closeted accountant, Mason Marzac, to come to terms with his own sexuality―and to fully experience the pure joy of watching great athletes play a sport as well as it can be played. But Darren's announcement brings to the fore the confused and twisted hostilities of the Empires' brilliantly talented but deeply racist and homophobic pitcher, Shane Mungitt―from whose rage tragic consequences ensue.
The American premiere of Take Me Out took place at the Public Theater in New York City in September 2002. It later moved to the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway in February 2003.
- Sales Rank: #448779 in Books
- Published on: 2003-08-06
- Released on: 2003-08-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .30" w x 5.50" l, .25 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 128 pages
Review
“Greenberg intoxicates us with his words in the same way he's intoxicated by the game. [Take Me Out] achieves a lyrical power to match the beauty of . . . either a sublime piece of music or an exquisitely made double play. Or both.” ―Charles Isherwood, Variety
About the Author
Richard Greenberg is the author of The Dazzle and several other plays. He lives in New York City.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Grand Slam!!!
By RICHARD THOMAS
Wow! Read this (or better yet, see it) and marvel at the wonders of great playwriting. Dazzling writing + a great story = amazing theatre. The characters jump off the page. This is NOT a "gay play", but a story about choices, courage and consequences. Squeezed in there is a monologue on baseball that is destined to achieve classic status and would make anyone want to head out to the ballfield. Somehow all of the elements of this play just work, though I defy anyone to explain how, in simple terms. It doesn't seem complex, but it is. This is what great writing for the theatre is all about...still alive and well in the 21st century: smart, provocative, fun and moving! Thank you Richard Greenberg!
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
Not your average day in the ballpark!
By James Hiller
Richard Greenberg walks a delicate but intriguing line in his play "Take Me Out". He tries to avoid cliches and stereotypes in a play that is all about cliches and stereotypes of all sorts. The end result is an intrguing, compelling, and often funny look at how baseball and in a larger sense, America, handled, is handling, or will handle her diversity.
Take Me Out starts out about a talented gay baseball player, Darren Lemming of the ficitonal Empires, who has already come out of the closet to his team and the world before the play begins. Instead of falling into the now thankfully tired cliche of the team and coach having to "deal" with Darren's sexuality, Greenberg allows the team to deal with the news quickly and move on with the story, including his literary and intelligent best friend Kippy, who narrates the play.
Bring in Shane Mungitt, a relief pitcher who struggles to put two words intelligibly together, and in turn, revives the Empire's sagging baseball season. Through his gruffness and lack of communication, Shane clearly becomes the play's antagonist, and does so quite publicly and unintentionally, on television during an interview. Shane spouts off a quick string of prejudical labels that shock and dismay his team right at the end of act one. Of course, act two picks up with the team having to deal (or not deal) with Shane's obvious bigotry, which leads to a series of surprising and shocking events that somehow make sense in the larger sense of the play.
Greenberg never allows his play to fall into a stereotypical trap of victimization. Throughout the play, Darren retains his leadership and assertiveness, and even publicly rebels against any sympathy garnered from the public by Shane's outburst. It's refreshing to read a gay character with a spine, who relies on no one but himself.
However, almost as a comic relief, Greenberg imbued his play with one of the most memroable stage characters ever written, the incomperable Mason Marzac, who plays Darren's financial manager. Normally staid, boring, stiff, and uninteresting, Greenberg has turned this character on its ear by making him a nelly queen, and one of the most hilarious characters to boot. Almost immediately, Mason is the character that draws in the audience, and you love him for wearing his emotions on his sleeve. Even more amazing, Mason becomes a baseball convert, and drags the audience into understanding why people love baseball, or even its grander meaning in American society. How rich!
Take Me Out is an incredible play for many reasons, and I highly recommend reading it, or if you are lucky enough to be near a local or national production of the play, see it. It will be a very enlightening, entertaining night at the theater!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Best thing since Sorkin.
By K. Allen
I have seen this play three times already, once in previews and twice in the same week last June, and plan to go back the next time I am in NYC because several cast members have changed since the summer. I confess that I have not read the script yet, but as the genius of the play is more in the writing than in the acting (although that was wonderful, too), I believe the script can be reviewed by watching it. I plan to buy it soon.
I believe that Take Me Out is the best show currently on Broadway. To people who are overly focused on musicals and do not consider it, I say that the monologues are the equivalent of any big ballad they could hope to see. The dialogue is the equivalent of Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, or, for television, Sports Night and The West Wing). It is intelligent, witty, and capable of turning progressively darker while never feeling out of touch with the humorous lines.
It is not a baseball show. To continue the Aaron Sorkin comparison, a love of sports is no more of a necessity to enjoy Take Me Out than to enjoy Sports Night. No matter how much I love Marzac's monologues on the wonders of the game, I would no more actually watch it played after seeing the show than before. That does not prevent enjoying the description.
It also should not be dismissed as being "just" a gay show. Yes, bigotry is a major issue of the play, both in terms of homophobia and racism. It is also a show about friendships, and varying degrees of strength and of honesty in them. Of course, there is the question raised by a few plot twists near the end, which I will not spoil, but regarding Kippy's theory that everything is for the best if people can put their true thoughts into words. In most situations, honesty may make the strongest friendships, but the truth can be ugly, or bring about ugly reactions from hatred. It is a play about how few simple answers there are, and that not every question is answered at the end is appropriate.
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