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Article: New Kerouac play misses the beat.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- July 20, 2008
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Byline: JENNA SCHERER
"KEROUAC'S LAST CALL"
Presented by Image Theater at the Boston Playwrights Theatre, Thursday night. Through Saturday.
Willy Loman indulges in a good deal of nostalgia in "Death of a Salesman," but he doesn't constantly intone, "I remember this, I remember that." In "Kerouac's Last Call" it seems to be all Jack Kerouac does.
"Kerouac's Last Call" (which premiered earlier this year in the poet's hometown of Lowell) provides an uninteresting take on an interesting subject. First-time playwright, longtime journalist Patrick Fenton had the privilege of hearing a recording of Kerouac and company made at a Long Island party in 1964, five years ...
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