Theatre, Arts & Lectures, Special Event
JUN 23 - 30, 2021
Sandra Tsing Loh’s The B**** Is Back: An All-Too Intimate Evening
"[Loh] tackles the issue with wit, perspective, and seemingly boundless in-your-face energy." — LA Weekly
Tickets: Tickets start at $10 on a pay-what-you-wish scale.
Free to Members of The Broad Stage (log in to your patron portal before reserving tickets)
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About
Relive the hilarity in prizewinning author and NPR commentator Sandra Tsing Loh’s The B**** Is Back: An All-Too Intimate Evening, a 70-minute comic romp on the topic of menopause. This special on-demand video captures her 2015 solo comedy masterpiece, performed in The Edye and infused with Loh’s trademark honesty, candid voice and laugh-out-loud humor.
By getting a ticket to watch the show, you'll receive Zoom links to attend special HAPPY HOURS hosted by Sandra and featuring special guests! (Check your confirmation email.)
HAPPY HOUR #1
THU, JUN 24 at 5 PM (PT)/8 PM (ET)
Women 45+ and Relationships
Special guest: MARLO THOMAS (her most recent book just out in paperback, co-authored with husband Phil Donahue: What Makes a Marriage Last)
HAPPY HOUR #2
SAT, JUN 26 at 5 PM (PT)/8 PM (ET)
Women 45+ and Theater: Thoughts on Wendy Wasserstein, co-hosted by New York Stage & Film, Chris Burney artistic director
Special guests: CAROLINE AARON, MARILU HENNER, MELANIE MAYRON, JOBETH WILLIAMS
Artists
Sandra Tsing LohSandra Tsing Loh is a writer/performer whose books include the comic memoirs “The Madwoman and the Roomba” (New York Times New and Noteworthy), “The Madwoman and the Volvo” (New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014), “Mother on Fire”, “A Year in Van Nuys”, “Depth Takes a Holiday”, and a novel, “If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home By Now” (Los Angeles Times 100 Best Fiction Books 1998). Solo shows: Aliens in America and Bad Sex With Bud Kemp (off-Broadway/Second Stage), Sugar Plum Fairy (Geffen, Seattle Rep, South Coast Repertory, Skylight Theatre, East West Players), I Worry (Kennedy Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville) and The Bitch Is Back (Broad Stage). The play version of “Madwoman in the Volvo” premiered at South Coast Repertory in 2016, enjoying subsequent runs at Pasadena Playhouse and Berkeley Rep. Loh has been heard on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” and Ira Glass’ “This American Life.” Her syndicated radio minute “The Loh Down on Science” turns 17 this year. She has been a contributing editor at The Atlantic Monthly since 2004.
Production
THE B***** IS BACK
Written and Performed by Sandra Tsing Loh
Directed by Bart DeLorenzo
Produced by Frier McCollister
Video Production by Christina Wolfgram and Jordan McKittrick
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