John Shea (11/97 How I Learned to Drive)
Excerpt from New York Magazine 11/3/97: John Shea
How I Learned to Drive
Paula Vogel's play benefits from an original slant: child molestation as an act of consenting partners, with the child as a willing participant. Miss Vogel has written a memory play about a pedophile and his big-breasted niece by marriage, Uncle Peck and Li'l Bit, names a trifle too apt to ring true. The driving lessons Uncle Peck gives Li'l Bit over the years are a slow, careful -- even caring -- seduction. Mark Brokaw has directed inventively. Now starring Molly Ringwald and John Shea. $25-$47.50, Tues.-Fri. at 8, Sat. at 3 and 8, and Sun. at 3 and 7. First opened at the Vineyard Theatre on 3/16/97; reopened on 5/6/97. Century Theatre, 111 E. 15 St. (239-6200).
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Excerpt from Playbill 11/5/97: John Shea
Davison & McDonnell To Drive on L.A. Radio, Nov. 5-8
05 Nov 1997
Next up, Nov. 5-8: How I Learned To Drive Paula Vogel's highly acclaimed drama, now Off-Broadway at the Century Theatre, has already won Obie, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards.
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John Shea and Molly Ringwald are the current performers in the New York staging.
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