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Sloppy Sean and lovely assistant with luggage and banjo, on a roadside

     

The Lonely Highway

by
Hans Frank

One Weekend Only
10:00pm, July 18-19

Tickets $12

Reservations 479-PLAY

He's a little bit country, a little bit rock-n-roll . . . and all things in between. Part Dr. Faustus, part Li'l Abner, Sloppy Sean engages in yarn spinning, obscure trivia, political theory, and songs and stories in this production that some have called a cross between Pee Wee's Playhouse and The Porter Waggoner Show.

This FronteraFest 2002 BEST OF THE FEST winner and 2002 B. Iden Payne Award-winner won rave reviews in its first HPT run.

AUSTIN CHRONICLE:
"The only kind of wrong Sloppy Sean can do is the kind of wrong Andy Kaufman did, because they were on the same frequency, Kenneth; although you might say it was actually Tony Clifton who was more on the same frequency as our troubled troubadour, because the Sloppy One is merely - ha! merely! - the creation of the enigmatic Hans Frank, who instills this geeky reprobate of a character with so much white trashoid, tire tool-weilding, heartbreak-howling, AM radio-listening verisimilitude that you're gonna bust a gut over his tales of desperation-fueled mayhem and love-inspired rockabilly tunes - when you're not boggling at the sheer professional talent of his back-up band. Part Hazil Adkins, part Tom T. Hall by way of Robert Crumb, assisted by the ever-suffering Lady, accompanied by his one true love (the inflatable plastic doll, Yo-yo), this long drink of Jack Daniels backwash is the transverse colon in the body of original American music and tale spinning."

THE DAILY TEXAN:
"extremely out of the ordinary . . .a most delightful and captivating night at the theater."

The Lonely Highway runs at 10:00 PM on Friday and Saturday July 18 - 19, 2008 Tickets are $12. Call 479-PLAY for reservations.

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