![]() They've done other plays, including a Sam Shepard clone, True Upper West, cueing a sequence in which they cry crocodile tears over the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman. Oh, Hello involves Gil and George presenting a play based on their lives together. I can see how, taken in small doses, these characters might be hilarious in a bizarre, non sequitur kind of way. For me, an initiate, however, Oh, Hello On Broadway consists of way, way too much tuna. Kroll and Mulaney, both popular television comics, have been working on these characters for some time, and, judging by the audience's response at the performance I attended, Gil and George are very well loved. They are also the hosts of the bizarre cable talk show Too Much Tuna, in which they serve their guests - wait for it - sandwiches overladen with that particular fish. Gil, whom George praises as one of the "strongest actors" in New York, is really a voiceover artist whose career was cut short when an audition for CBS went wildly wrong rest assured, we will be treated to his different takes on the announcement "This is CBS, baby" on several occasions. He was also, he insists, a novelist of some note. Despite being roommates for 40 years, George has found time for three wives, each of whom "died in the same way on the same staircase," and has managed to evade prosecution in each instance. Geegland, "legendary bachelors" and superannuated residents of the Upper West Side. Photo: Joan Marcusįor some reason, the comedians Nick Kroll and John Mulaney have taken to playing Gil Faizon and George St. Theatre in Review: Oh, Hello On Broadway (Lyceum Theatre) ![]()
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