Buy the Bi and Bye

Buy the Bi and Bye is an American play written by Felton Perry that was first staged in 1976 at the Actor's Theater in Los Angeles, California.[1]

Buy the Bi and Bye
Written byFelton Perry
Date premiered1976
Place premieredLos Angeles, California, United States
Original languageEnglish
GenreSatire
SettingTheater

Plot

A group of mostly black actors gather at a theater to read through a fictional play called Killing Flo by a white writer-director with schizophrenia.

Reception

The Progress Bulletin newspaper praised the 1976 premiere staging of the play calling it an "offbeat and hilarious black satire with a zinging performance by Ron Thompson."[2]

When the play was later performed in 1986 the Los Angeles Times wrote "The voice of a keenly observant satirist is heard throughout "Buy the Bi and Bye," at the Richmond Shepard. Yet Felton Perry's play isn't as sharp as it must have been 10 years ago at Los Angeles Actors' Theatre."[3][4]

References
  1. Drake, Sylvie (March 12, 1989). "Street Life Inside and Outside LATC : Theater explores, with uneven results, multiethnic community in which it lives". Los Angeles Times.
  2. "Entertainment In The Valley". Progress Buelltin. Pomona, California. 7 February 1976. p. 28.
  3. Shirley, Don (June 20, 1986). "'Buy The Bi And Bye' Gets A Bit Stale". Los Angeles Times.
  4. Shirley, Don (20 June 1986). "'Buy The Bi And Buy' Gets A Bit Stale". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. Newspapers.com. p. 133.


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