My brother, Bryan, is a playwright. In the 1980s and 1990s he frequently hit me up to draw posters for his productions. Woofer the Psychic Dog was one such production. Yes, we both have produced works with dog characters. Must be in the genes.
This ticket was for the West Coast premiere, which took place in 1988, I believe. But the image is from a poster I drew for the 1986 New York production. In reality the role of Woofer was played by Morty, which explains why they look alike. Eventually Morty got to be pretty swell headed about the whole thing and went on a big star trip, demanding Cuban cigars, allowing no one on the set to bring a cat, biting critics in the leg who gave him a bad review, and so on. It was pretty sad.
The play continues to be performed, but with a different dog actor in the title role.
Now that Morty no longer plays Woofer, what is his opinion of Woofer?
ReplyDeleteHe refuses to talk about it. Then he pretends to doze and talks in his sleep about what a great actor he was and how he was up for a Tony Award. Of course none of it is true.
ReplyDeleteI say, let sleeping dogs lie.