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The Arts Intel Report

Drinking in America

Mar 10 – Apr 8, 2023
18 Minetta Ln, New York, NY 10012, United States

In 1985, Eric Bogosian debuted Drinking in America, his third play. Set in the 1980s, the show is a collection of monologues about the feeling of power men experience when under the influence—a mastery of Truth while tripping on LSD; a newfound bravado when blackout drunk. Bogosian himself starred in the one-man show, cycling through a dozen personae. Here he’s a coked-up Hollywood agent; there, a strung-out New Jersey teen. Almost 40 years later the show returns to the stage for a four-week run. The production stars Andre Royo, best known for playing an informant on The Wire. —Jensen Davis