There is no linear plot to the play, but over the course of the performance, Leguizamo traces his life from the very beginning (as a sperm cell) to the beginning of his career in show business. During the course of the play, Leguizamo portrays dozens of different characters, including friends, relatives and neighbors that he knew while growing up in Queens, New York. Leguizamo plays characters of both genders and of many different ethnicities, sometimes engaging in multi-character dialogues all by himself.
The show garnered Leguizamo and members of the production crew with several awards and nominations.[1]
A filmed performance was directed by Spike Lee aired on HBO under the same name. Leguizamo followed this performance up with the Broadway show Sexaholix... A Love Story in 2001 which also aired on HBO.
freak, play, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, freak, play, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, j. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Freak play news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Freak was a one man show written by David Bar Katz and John Leguizamo The play debuted at Cort Theater on Broadway in 1998 and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One Person Show There is no linear plot to the play but over the course of the performance Leguizamo traces his life from the very beginning as a sperm cell to the beginning of his career in show business During the course of the play Leguizamo portrays dozens of different characters including friends relatives and neighbors that he knew while growing up in Queens New York Leguizamo plays characters of both genders and of many different ethnicities sometimes engaging in multi character dialogues all by himself The show garnered Leguizamo and members of the production crew with several awards and nominations 1 A filmed performance was directed by Spike Lee aired on HBO under the same name Leguizamo followed this performance up with the Broadway show Sexaholix A Love Story in 2001 which also aired on HBO External links Edit Freak at the Internet Broadway Database This article on a play from the 1990s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Freak play amp oldid 1027439044, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
