In a time like no other in American history, and with a sense of urgency like never-before, Michael Moore comes to Broadway for the first time in an exhilarating, subversive one-man show guaranteed to take audiences on a ride through the United States of Insanity, explaining once and for all how the f*** we got here, and where best to dine before crossing with the Von Trapp family over the Canadian border.
Performed live each night just blocks from Trump Tower, The Terms of My Surrender will, like Moore's films, feature the wry, satirical humor of one of America's iconic political observers and all-around-shit-disturbers, a fearless Midwesterner not interested in taking any prisoners. Audiences are in for one surprise after another.
When the Oscar-winning documentarian announced his show in May, a sign next to him asked, 'Can a Broadway show bring down a sitting President?' In the run-up to opening night, he was everywhere - Facebook, Twitter, 'Late Show With Stephen Colbert,' 'Morning Joe.' By the time 'The Terms of My Surrender' opened at the Belasco Theatre on Thursday night, you had to wonder if you'd already heard it all.
If you're wondering what Moore considers the 'terms' of his surrender, he says so toward night's end: Dump President Trump. And dump Vice President Pence. By its conclusion, 'Surrender' becomes his plea to the audience to do something small, such as running for a local office, in an effort to change the country's direction. This is a man so comfortable with confrontation, it would be fascinating to see him take 'Surrender' on the road. I can think of a few places the audience wouldn't be nearly as friendly as New York, which would make for an even more electrifying event.
2017 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
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