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	Upcoming Events ☰ Menu *The People vs. Lenny Bruce* Click here to purchase tickets to this event. You can use the discount code LB64. With this code the ticket price will be $45.00 instead of the normal $65.00. Cause Célèbre Productions is proud to present *The People vs. Lenny Bruce* running from May 7th through May 31st at the Beckett Theatre / 4 on Theatre Row at 410 West 42nd Street. Presented as a staged reading throughout the country, including the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank, CA., The People vs. Lenny Bruce has played to sold-out audiences. Don't miss out on the world premiere beginning on May 7th. This deeply compelling play is part of All the Court's a Stage, an acclaimed series written by Susan Charlotte and directed by Antony Marsellis. It is based on landmark cases argued by legendary First Amendment and civil rights lawyer Martin Garbus and features a stellar cast including: Stephen Schnetzer, Dan Grimaldi, Timothy Doyle and Roberta Wallach. One of the questions posed by this series is, do the characters have any control over their lives? In Shakespeare's All The World's A Stage, life is compared to a play and people are mere players, with little choice. Is the same true of Bruce and the other protagonists in this series? Indeed they are! According to Herbert S. Ruhe, a former CIA agent and a witness for the prosecution, "I know he was not obscene... yet in a way I felt he had to be convicted." Set in 1964, *The People vs. Lenny Bruce* explores the prosecution of groundbreaking comedian Lenny Bruce at a moment when free speech itself was on trial. By turns devastating and darkly funny, the play follows Bruce and his attorney, Martin Garbus, as they confront a legal system intent on policing language, dissent, and cultural change. Other characters in this play, such as famed writer and cartoonist Jules Feiffer and acclaimed journalist and TV personality Dorothy Kilgallen, testified on Bruce's behalf, to no avail. As Ruhe said, "Bruce had to be convicted." Bruce's case reveals how censorship operates not only through courts and statutes, but through fear. The story of Lenny Bruce is as relevant today as it was sixty years ago, as evidenced by Jimmy Kimmel, who referenced Lenny Bruce in his monologue as well as Stephen Colbert and Don Lemon. The list goes on and on, making this play a must see! Click here to purchase tickets to this event. You can use the discount code LB64. With this code the ticket price will be $45.00 instead of the normal $65.00. Please contact Cause Célèbre Productions at 646.366-9340 or info@causecelebreproductions.org for donation package details or other questions. In the near future, Cause Célèbre Productions will proudly present *Unlucky Gal: The Story of Jane Doe* and *Last Chance Café. Both plays are part of All the Court's a Stage, an acclaimed series written by Susan Charlotte, directed by Antony Marsellis, and inspired by the landmark cases of renowned civil rights attorney Martin Garbus. Unlucky Gal: The Story of Jane Doe* - Truth on Trial A powerful drama based on the true story of a 27-year-old Black woman whose assault and media vilification exposed the deep wounds of race, gender, and justice. *Last Chance Café* - Justice in the Jim Crow South Inspired by the case of Henrietta Wright, a Mississippi woman jailed for registering to vote in 1965. Her defiance and Garbus's defense became a moral stand that still resonates today. Two true stories. Two unforgettable women. One season of theater you won't forget.

Upcoming Events

The People vs. Lenny Bruce

Click here to purchase tickets to this event. You can use the discount code LB64. With this code the ticket price will be $45.00 instead of the normal $65.00.

Cause Célèbre Productions is proud to present The People vs. Lenny Bruce running from May 7th through May 31st
at the Beckett Theatre / 4 on Theatre Row at 410 West 42nd Street. Presented as a staged reading throughout the country, including the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank, CA., The People vs. Lenny Bruce has played to sold-out audiences. Don't miss out on the world premiere beginning on May 7th.

This deeply compelling play is part of All the Court's a Stage, an acclaimed series written by Susan Charlotte and directed by Antony Marsellis. It is based on landmark cases argued by legendary First Amendment and civil rights lawyer Martin Garbus and features a stellar cast including:
Stephen Schnetzer, Dan Grimaldi, Timothy Doyle and Roberta Wallach.
One of the questions posed by this series is, do the characters have any control over their lives? In Shakespeare's All The World's A Stage, life is compared to a play and people are mere players, with little choice. Is the same true of Bruce and the other protagonists in this series? Indeed they are! According to Herbert S. Ruhe, a former CIA agent and a witness for the prosecution, "I know he was not obscene... yet in a way I felt he had to be convicted."

Set in 1964, The People vs. Lenny Bruce explores the prosecution of groundbreaking comedian Lenny Bruce at a moment when free speech itself was on trial. By turns devastating and darkly funny, the play follows Bruce and his attorney, Martin Garbus, as they confront a legal system intent on policing language, dissent, and cultural change.

Other characters in this play, such as famed writer and cartoonist Jules Feiffer and acclaimed journalist and TV personality Dorothy Kilgallen, testified on Bruce's behalf, to no avail. As Ruhe said, "Bruce had to be convicted."
Bruce's case reveals how censorship operates not only through courts and statutes, but through fear. The story of Lenny Bruce is as relevant today as it was sixty years ago, as evidenced by Jimmy Kimmel, who referenced Lenny Bruce in his monologue as well as Stephen Colbert and Don Lemon.
The list goes on and on, making this play a must see!

Click here to purchase tickets to this event. You can use the discount code LB64. With this code the ticket price will be $45.00 instead of the normal $65.00.

Please contact Cause Célèbre Productions at 646.366-9340 or info@causecelebreproductions.org for donation package details or other questions.

In the near future, Cause Célèbre Productions will proudly present Unlucky Gal: The Story of Jane Doe and Last Chance Café.

Both plays are part of All the Court's a Stage, an acclaimed series written by Susan Charlotte, directed by Antony Marsellis, and inspired by the landmark cases of renowned civil rights attorney Martin Garbus.

Unlucky Gal: The Story of Jane Doe - Truth on Trial
A powerful drama based on the true story of a 27-year-old Black woman whose assault and media vilification exposed the deep wounds of race, gender, and justice.

Last Chance Café - Justice in the Jim Crow South
Inspired by the case of Henrietta Wright, a Mississippi woman jailed for registering to vote in 1965. Her defiance and Garbus's defense became a moral stand that still resonates today.

Two true stories. Two unforgettable women.
One season of theater you won't forget.