Eve Ensler's The Good Body Eyes the Booth
by Broadway Staff • Jun 1, 2004
It hasn't even opened out of town yet, but it already looks like Eve Ensler's The Good Body is pretty much a lock for Broadway. Broadway.com has learned that the show will likely land at the Booth Theatre late in the summer.
The Good Body is a solo show about body image and how women change and mutilate their bodies in order to fit into society's ideals. Whether undergoing Botox or living under burkhas, women of all cultures and backgrounds feel compelled to change the way they look in order to fit in with their particular culture, in order to be accepted, in order to be "good." In The Good Body, Ensler best known for The Vagina Monologues explores those experiences with monologues representing women from Bombay to Beverly Hills. The show is framed by Ensler's own personal journey from a self-loathing teenager to a sometimes self-accepting adult.
The Good Body is a solo show about body image and how women change and mutilate their bodies in order to fit into society's ideals. Whether undergoing Botox or living under burkhas, women of all cultures and backgrounds feel compelled to change the way they look in order to fit in with their particular culture, in order to be accepted, in order to be "good." In The Good Body, Ensler best known for The Vagina Monologues explores those experiences with monologues representing women from Bombay to Beverly Hills. The show is framed by Ensler's own personal journey from a self-loathing teenager to a sometimes self-accepting adult.
Seattle Repertory Theatre hosted a public workshop of The Good Body from April 15 through May 2. The show, directed by Peter Askin, is scheduled to have its official world premiere at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater from June 24 through July 25.
A production spokesperson could not confirm Broadway plans for The Good Body.
--Cara Joy David, Broadway.com