ANNA IN THE TROPICS:
From the "Broadway Abridged Shorts" Archives
By Gil Varod
SCENE: THE ROYALE THEATRE
Nilo Cruz enters.
PLAYWRIGHT NILO CRUZ
I really, really like "Anna Karenina".
He DOES.
PLAYWRIGHT NILO CRUZ
I'm going to fill my entire play with constant references and
parallels to Anna Karenina.
THE MAJORITY OF ANY GIVEN
AUDIENCE WATCHING THE PLAY
Uh... I never read Anna Karenina, so I don't understand
what's going on.
PULITZER PRIZE COMMITTEE
That's okay, apparently we're really huge Tolstoy fans!
Pulitzer Prize Committee gives Cruz the
award.
OTHER SHOWS THIS SEASON THAT
WEREN'T SO DEATHLY BORING
WHEN STAGED
Collective sigh...
BLACKOUT.