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Along with Portnoy’s Complaint and The Tropic of Cancer…

UD‘s evil parents kept in their house for the moral undoing of their children the songs of Tom Lehrer.

From the age of nine onward, UD has been singing nonstop his greatest hits, so she’s intrigued by a new British play about him, Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to You. The playwright pens a fine appreciation of Lehrer here, featuring Lehrer’s comment on his artistic output:  “If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worthwhile.”

Margaret Soltan, May 23, 2024 7:51AM
Posted in: it's art

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2 Responses to “Along with Portnoy’s Complaint and The Tropic of Cancer…”

  1. Matt McKeon Says:

    I want to see that play

  2. Margaret Soltan Says:

    Me too.

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