No One Goes to HELL for the Food
Mercury Players Theatre
Bartell Theatre 113 E. Mifflin St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Barry “Captain Mustard” Levenson, better known as the founder of the world famous Mustard Museum, has been expanding his creative repertoire. In 2001, he published a book on food law, Habeas Codfish (University of Wisconsin Press). Now he’s written a play about a number of issues, including “capital punishment, the purpose of religion, the existence of Heaven and Hell, and of course, the role of canned pasta in our diet.” Apparently while writing his book Levenson discovered the story of death row inmate Thomas Grass, whose last words were “I didn’t get my SpaghettiOs.” Yeah, we aren’t sure what to make of it.either, but Mercury Players has assembled a crack team, including director Suzan Kurry; adventurous theater-goers will want to dig in.
Friday–Saturday, October 5–6 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, October 11-Saturday, October 13 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, October 14 @ 4:00pm
Thursday, October 18-Friday, October 19 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, October 20 @ 4:00pm
Approximate run-time: 2 hrs, 35 mins
General Admission: $20; Seniors: $18; Students: $18; Thursdays: $15