"Abbie": The One-Man Show

Abbie Hoffman (above ), the political activist and Yippie Party founder who was a member of the “Chicago Seven, ” is the subject of a new one-man show, “Abbie, ” which is running through January 29 at the West End Theater in New York City.

Actor Bern Cohen plays Hoffman. He also wrote the script, using words from the Yippie leader’s books and speeches. The monologue deals with the personal details of Hoffman’s life: his upbringing, his family, his radicalization,   antiwar activism, life underground and his mental collapse. The performance also features video images assembled by Morgan Paul Freeman. Thomas Caruso directed.

Cohen resembles Hoffman–so much so that the actor was arrested in 1970 in Ohio because the police thought he was Hoffman, who committed suicide in 1989. Hoffman, who was arrested at an antiwar demonstration in Washington in 1968 for wearing an American flag shirt, was one of the seven men charged with conspiring to disrupt the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Their bombastic trial became a memorable moment in the history of the Vietnam War peace movement.

For tickets, call 212-868-4444, or go to www. smarttix.com


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