Anna Deavere Smith's new solo show Let Me Down Easy has extended for a second time at Second Stage. Conceived, written and performed by Smith and directed by Leonard Foglia, the show opened off-Broadway on October 7 and had been sheduled to run through November 8 before extending through December 6. The new extension continues the run for three ...

If anyone can bring 20 personalities to life in just 90 minutes, it’s Anna Deavere Smith. A performer, interviewer, writer, college professor and co-star of TV’s Nurse Jackie, Smith is currently back on the New York stage for the first time in 10 years in Let Me Down Easy, the latest example of her unique combination of journalism ...

If the recent extension of her newest stage show is any indicator, Let Me Down Easy star and creator Anna Deavere Smith has got a great thing going on at Second Stage, where her one-woman piece is currently playing to packed audiences. The actress/scribe's examination of the American health care system, which includes tales from the inside of ...

Anna Deavere Smith’s new solo play Let Me Down Easy will extend for four weeks at Second Stage, through December 6. Conceived, written and performed by Smith and directed by Leonard Foglia, Let Me Down Easy opened off-Broadway on October 7 and had been scheduled to run through November 8.

Channeling a range of interview subjects, from artists and ...

After an absence from the New York stage of almost 10 years—including a recent, hilarious detour to TV as a hospital honcho in Nurse Jackie—the fabulous Anna Deavere Smith is back with a new solo show, Let Me Down Easy. Actually, we almost hate to call it “solo,” since Smith portrays a total of 20 real people in ...