Or does he? Find out in 1-2-3 Manhunt, a powerful new work by Tony DiMurro, now playing at Theater for the New City. To jump or not to jump? Then Alec, a smart Chinese American teenager who plays baseball with Alex’s former coach at Holy Redeemer high school, appears and pulls him back from the brink.
He’s not sure if life is even worth living anymore, as he totters on the edge. Stumbling on a tenement rooftop on the Lower East Side, he remembers how it used to be in the good old days and rages over what it’s become, from the gentrification of his neighborhood and the City, to the failures of capitalism and US politics, to the decline of family and respect for elders. It’s no longer 1979, but Alex – a gritty middle-aged New Yorker of Italian descent – can’t handle the changes and the vodka doesn’t help.
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