[NEohioPAL]Berko review: GOOGLEWHACK! ADVENTURE (Hanna)

[Roy Berko]

‘Googlewhack! adventure’ hysterical, but I’m not
allowed to say much more

Roy Berko

(Member, American Theatre Critics Association)

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How does a reviewer comment on a production when the
author and performer (who happen to be the same
person) stands stage center during the curtain call,
and explicitly forbades viewers from telling anyone
other than the people in that audience what the
production was about or revealing the ending.   So,
what can I say about ‘DAVE GORMAN’S GOOGGLEWHACK!
ADVENTURE’?   Okay, try this on...it’s about 2 words,
4,285,199,774 web pages and what happens when an
obsessive-compulsive creative man goes berserk on the
internet.  I can also say it’s hilarious, delightful,
mind bending, comical, hysterical, side-splitting,
cleverly conceived and a one-of-a-kind experience.  

Maybe it’s just best to let Gorman himself tell you
what’s it all about.  That way I won’t get into
trouble.  On his webpage he states, “At the age of 31
I decided to give up my stupid ways, grow a beard and
write a novel. I guess this show is the story of my
failure to do two of those things. (Yes, I have a
beard)   All sorts of unpleasantness could have been
avoided if other people had told me not to do it.
Instead, they took me seriously. Meetings were set up,
deals were done and a novel was commissioned.   To
make matters worse, a publisher even gave me a chunk
of money as an advance on the project. This was an
exceedingly stupid thing to do. Needless to say, the
novel doesn't exist and I've spent the money. What on?
 On a googlewhack adventure.” 

He goes on to state, “It started when I received an
e-mail from a stranger telling me that I was a
googlewhack. I didn't know what a googlewhack was. Now
I do.  A googlewhack is what happens when two words
are entered into Google and comes back with one and
only one hit. So when the stranger told me that I was
a googlewhack, he didn't mean that my name Dave Gorman
was one... he meant that my website contained one.”

And with that premise, Gorman went on an adventure. 
Sorry, I can’t tell you what kind of adventure, or
what happened, or how the whole thing turned out.  The
only way you’ll ever find out is to go see the
production yourself.   

CAPSULE JUDGEMENT:  I loved, loved, loved the show and
thanks to Mr. Gorman,  I have become a slave to my
computer, having spent the last 12 hours
googlewhacking!  Be warned--Gorman and googlewhacking
are addictive.

For tickets to ‘DAVE GORMAN’S GOOGLEWHACK! ADVENTURE,'
which runs through Setpebmer25 at the Hanna Theatre,
call 216-241-6000, 800-766-6048 or go on line to
www.playhousesquare.com. 


Roy Berko's web page can be found at www.royberko.info.  His theatre and dance reviews appear on NeOHIOpal, an on-line source.   To subscribe to this free service via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.fredsternfeld.com/mailman/listinfo/neohiopal.

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