Theater: Fourth Street Theatre / 83 E 4th St, New York, New York, 10003
Funerals are for the living. What happened, why, who did it and how — none of that matters in the moments before. Zürich is a play about the moments before, as hotel guests enjoy the last moments of their private, awkward, funny and not-so-funny lives. A series of two-handers, strangers struggle with nationalism, tourism, social responsibility, isolation, class and gender expectations. In a time of global crisis, what does neutrality mean for a country full of banks? For any of us?
April 17, 2018: “Very nice and clean,” says the pretty maid with the artificial smile, speaking with the scripted sunniness of a corporate employee. She is talking about both the antiseptic-looking hotel room she is tidying and the country, Switzerland, in which it is located.
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