The last time I reviewed Ronnie Marmo’s one-man show on Lenny Bruce, in October 2019 (then running at the now-closed Royal George Theatre), I was underwhelmed. Marmo’s performance as Bruce was good, but Bruce’s curse-filled material just didn’t have the liberating zing I remembered as a kid listening to his records or watching Bob Fosse’s […]
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I’m Not a Comedian . . . I’m Lenny Bruce captures the complexities of a comic genius
Ronnie Marmo’s one-man show isn’t hilarious, but it’s arrestingly honest.