In the Boom Boom Room

A Play

Fiction & Literature, Poetry
Cover of the book In the Boom Boom Room by David Rabe, Grove Atlantic
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Author: David Rabe ISBN: 9780802196958
Publisher: Grove Atlantic Publication: December 1, 2007
Imprint: Grove Press Language: English
Author: David Rabe
ISBN: 9780802196958
Publisher: Grove Atlantic
Publication: December 1, 2007
Imprint: Grove Press
Language: English

A searing portrait of a young dancer’s descent into hell—extensively revised and returned to the two-act structure originally intended by the author.
 
Chrissy, a bright and not-quite-innocent woman with visions of a career as a dancer, finds herself in the Boom Boom Room, a disco/bar in Philadelphia meant to be her first step on the road to stardom. Instead, she finds herself fighting to keep her dreams intact amid the anesthetic sex and stimulation that surround her, the psychological residue of her parents’ betrayals, and the bizarre pack of suitors who follow her. In a desperate search for love and hope, Chrissy careens from the seductive mistress of ceremonies at the Boom Boom Room to the earnestly friendly gay man next door to a brutally passionate lover.
 
In its compassionate look at Chrissy’s living nightmare, In the Boom Boom Room is a piercing look at a society dangerously close to our own lives, and a drama that captures both our hearts and our heads.

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A searing portrait of a young dancer’s descent into hell—extensively revised and returned to the two-act structure originally intended by the author.
 
Chrissy, a bright and not-quite-innocent woman with visions of a career as a dancer, finds herself in the Boom Boom Room, a disco/bar in Philadelphia meant to be her first step on the road to stardom. Instead, she finds herself fighting to keep her dreams intact amid the anesthetic sex and stimulation that surround her, the psychological residue of her parents’ betrayals, and the bizarre pack of suitors who follow her. In a desperate search for love and hope, Chrissy careens from the seductive mistress of ceremonies at the Boom Boom Room to the earnestly friendly gay man next door to a brutally passionate lover.
 
In its compassionate look at Chrissy’s living nightmare, In the Boom Boom Room is a piercing look at a society dangerously close to our own lives, and a drama that captures both our hearts and our heads.

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