New York Turns Out For Meteor Shower’s Opening Night With Amy Schumer and Steve Martin

Suzanna Bowling

November 30, 2017

Keegan-Michael Key, Laura Benanti, Amy Schumer, Jeremy Shamos

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Last night , Tony Award nominated playwright Steve Martin ’s new play Meteor Shower, celebrated its off icial opening on Broadway , at the Booth Theatre (222 West 45 th Street).

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Meteor Shower stars Emmy Award winners Amy Schumer and Keegan Michael Key, both in their Broadway debut. Tony Award winner Laura Benanti, Tony Award nominee Jeremy Shamos round out the cast.

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The show is directed by four – time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks .

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Meteor Shower is set on a h ot night in Ojai, California, and Corky (Schumer) and her husband Norm (Shamos) are having another couple over to their home. Laura (Benanti) and Gerald (Key), though, aren’t looking for a casual evening of polite small talk with new friends. Eventually, t he two couples find themselves in a marital free – fall matched in velocity and peril only by the smoldering space rocks tearing through the sky.

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The after party was held at

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Broadway

November 30, 2017

Suzanna Bowling

Suzanna, co-owns and publishes the newspaper Times Square Chronicles or T2C. At one point a working actress, she has performed in numerous productions in film, TV, cabaret and theatre. She has performed at The New Orleans Jazz festival, The United Nations and Carnegie Hall. Currently she has a screenplay in the works, which she developed with her mentor and friend the late Arthur Herzog. She was the Broadway Informer on the all access cable TV Show “The New Yorkers,” soon to be “The Tourist Channel.” email: suzanna@t2conline.com

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