Back to Babylon

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Tickets $20.00 Cuillo Centre for the Arts is proud to present Back to Babylon prior to its Off-Broadway engagement slated to begin July 10, 2009. Back to Babylon has had stellar success at the Cuillo Centre for the Arts in the past in its 50 seat Second Story Cabaret, this time it will be presented on the 377 seat Main Stage. “I feel that the Cuillo Centre for the Arts has helped me so much with presenting and promoting the show locally in the past, that is one of the reasons I am getting to go Off-Broadway,” said Tome. The Cuillo Centre for the Arts has been a jumping off point for many shows bound for Broadway and Off-Broadway such as: Viagra Falls, Menopause, Respect and Looped. The critically acclaimed one-man show Back to Babylon is written, performed and directed by GreggTome. The story of Back to Babylon, unfolds as a local resident, open the eve of a ten-year high school reunion, and reminisces about how he and his friends struggled to define themselves within a haze of partying. Nine compelling characters further reveal how close-knit circle of townies head towards a disaster that ultimately defines them all. Combining an edgy story line, 70’s rock music, and imagery from the town its self, the audience is taken on an unforgettable trip down suburban memory lane. · Woody Allen has Manhattan, Neil Simon has Yonkers and Gregg Tome has Babylon Long Island.NEW TIMES, MIAMI - “Best Bet” · Tome weaves a tale of the underbelly of Americana and displays achameleon-like ability to transform himself. PALM BEACH POST · Tome is a talented monologist and an intelligent writer…he performs nine colorful and compassionate portraits with tenderness and comic insight. LA WEEKLY · Tome performs a coterie of 1970’s stoners and slackers with aplomb. N.Y. VILLAGE VOICE · An amazing performance…his physical transformations are astonishing. CLOSER MAGAZINE · Complex and well written, Back to Babylon may very well be the finest show inFringe NYC this year…Marvelously performed, I could of sworn there were nine actors on stage… a remarkable performance. NYTHEATRE.COM · An engaging performer with plenty of energy…his show holds the attention of non-Long Islanders for the vividness of its characters and their modest, unmistakable authenticity…Gregg Tome clearly knows where he came from. BACKSTAGE.COM Back to Babylon has been produced at theaters across the U.S. including Theatre at the Improv, First Stage and The Space inHollywood, California; PS 122, at the New York City Fringe Festival; and Cuillo Center for the Arts, Theatre, West Palm Beach, Florida.Gregg Tome has appeared in film, TV and many theatre productions. A full bio as well as a show history, synopsis, show photos and more information s available at www.greggtome.com