Theater Review: The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity at Second Stage Theatre

May 21st, 2010Blog0 comments

Dear friends: You should know that as of today, I have quit writing.

From now on, I only wrestle. From now on, I eat creatine with every fuckin meal and only wear Ed Hardy shirts that I only take off by tearing them off my body while growling. From now on, I will only respond to my wrestling name: “THA HUGE”. It should always only be spelled in capital letters and pronounced the way the late, great Chris Farley used to pronounce “DA BEARS”.

I have made this life decision because of a play: THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY, written by Kristoffer Diaz and now playing at Second Stage Theatre.

In every way imaginable, wrestling IS theater. It’s live, huge, full of spectacle and good and evil. It holds a mirror up to our culture — our fears and our perceptions of ourselves. So what we have here is a balls-out, high-powered, FUN theatrical superkick to the motherfuckin face. It is about a “jobber” — a no-name wrestler whose job is to make the superstar of THE Wrestling look good. It’s about this guy’s love for the game, the spectacle, and everything that he does to preserve that love — even when the game doesn’t love him back. It’s about America and celebrity and terrorism, and it’s a play you should see.

I don’t want to say too much else about the play beyond that. It’s loud, fun, and energetic, and you should come see it. It will pick you up, powerbomb you, and pin you, and you’re going to have a great time.

THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY is now playing at Second Stage Theatre from April 27th to June 20th, 2010.