Night Man at the Sardi Building
An actor moonlighting as a night watchman fills his days chasing his dreams around the city, faithfully following an eccentric playwright, who takes him to all sorts of places, literally and figuratively, with the journey ending with the actor in jail. The piece begins when the actor, after spending numerous years in jail, has another chance at redemption in front of the parole board, recounting the events leading up to his arrest and incarceration. All is revealed in his performance of a play within a play. While the actor states his case, the piece touches on the elements of a mentor relationship, the idea of artist dying for his art and wrestles with the question, does the thing you love kill you or do you kill the thing you love?
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Released
- 1995
Details
Release year: 1995
Storyline
An actor moonlighting as a night watchman fills his days chasing his dreams around the city, faithfully following an eccentric playwright, who takes him to all sorts of places, literally and figuratively, with the journey ending with the actor in jail. The piece begins when the actor, after spending numerous years in jail, has another chance at redemption in front of the parole board, recounting the events leading up to his arrest and incarceration. All is revealed in his performance of a play within a play. While the actor states his case, the piece touches on the elements of a mentor relationship, the idea of artist dying for his art and wrestles with the question, does the thing you love kill you or do you kill the thing you love?
Top credits
- James Laurence — Teddy Thorogood
- Tommy Nowilly — Officer Danza
- John Ford Noonan — Parole Board
- Kenny Kramer — Parole Board