NYC and CKS

Ta dah! Yes, faithful readers (you know who you are), the time has finally come. It's the "Channeling Kevin Spacey" post! Did the above logo give it away? I've been promising for some time (in posts like this and in frequent real life conversations with Cory) to devote an entire blog post to the off-Broadway sensation that is CKS.

As some of you know, Cory and our friend Elan are the writers of an off-Broadway play. CKS is playing at the St. Luke's Theatre at 46th and 8th on Saturdays and Sundays. Starting next week, the show will also run on Friday nights, and there was a bit of prep work to do for the new schedule. So, off to the city we went last weekend for a quick visit.

Here's the show's stars, Jamil Chokachi (left) and Justin R. G. Holcomb (right).

These guys are a riot to watch onstage, which is good, as it's a comedy. And you don't have to take my biased word for it. Here are a few links to some reviews:

Theater Mania
Backstage

The play's been showing since April and has an open-ended run. As for what's next, I'm making a push for a West End opening in London. Nudge, nudge. For anyone who's interested, here's a link to the play's official site, CKStheShow, and a link to buy tickets on Telecharge.

Before the play opened, Cory and Elan took some publicity photos. I find them humorous so I'm including a few. Here's a candid shot of the two of them writing in Times Square. You know, the spot where most people go to get serious work done.

Here's Cory throwing Elan into oncoming traffic. It's a daily occurrence.

I'm not sure what this is. It troubles me how happy they look.

And, since this post was slightly related to our past weekend visit, here's the lone photo taken over the trip. We stayed with Cory's sister Lindsey in Queens and here we are in a deli bodega. I call this photo "I Have an Abnormally Large Head."