David and Katie Get Remarried
Written & Performed by David Carl & Katie Hartman; Directed by Michole Biancosino
A.R.T./New York Theatres | 502 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019
June 20-28
Photo Credits: Mindy Tucker (performance) and Andrew Patino (still)
Many, many years ago, in another state and millennium, I attended a good friend's wedding and said, “5 years tops!” My bleak, unromantic proclamation was prophetic when they called it quits in year 4. Maybe we haven't all had friends like that, but I sure have. I've watched people have the couple they'd been having a foursome with perform the ceremony. If only the parents knew . . .
But I've yet to have friends remarry. If they did, it would be something like David & Katie Get Remarried, a glorious train wreck. Schadenfreude doesn't begin to explain it. We've all had that awful relationship we stayed in way too long (just me again?) But if we were lucky, it didn't require lawyers and a decree from the state to end it. David and Katie are everything we are afraid we were, but with a lot more talent. They learned nothing from Burton and Taylor.
We the audience are the guests at their remarriage - because none of their friends or family would have anything to do with it. Someone will be selected to officiate when the time is right, but until then David and Katie will serenade us with love songs old and new. They will share a healing ritual and a viral video. You will witness everything that brought them together and tears them apart all while howling with laughter. David Carl and Katie Hartman will do anything to make you laugh, and they will succeed. You will clap and sing along to original songs under the musical direction of Jody Shelton. Packaged and polished by director Michole Biancosino who keeps David and Katie either on the verge of ecstasy or ruin depending upon your perspective. And things really could go either way - will it be codependency ever after or murder/suicide?
There is extreme brilliance at work if on a day like today for an hour I can cool down, forget about the world outside coming to a boil both literally and metaphorically and just laugh. Cheers to the bride and groom!
Presented by Project Y Theatre.
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Review by Nicole Jesson.
Published by Theatre Beyond Broadway on June 25, 2025. All rights reserved.