The Nerd...

[EmBg]

Posted: 1/22/07 at 6:35pm

by LArry Shue ...I'm in it now and its hysterical! Has anybody else seen/done this show ? SO GREAT!

[Fenchurch]

Posted: 1/22/07 at 7:07pm

I saw it on Broadway, when I was quite young, but I enjoyed it immensely.

I even remember the television commercial done by Charles Nelson Reilly.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/22/07 at 7:12pm

I saw it

I believe it played what is now the Helen Hayes & starred Gary (Radar From Mash)Burghoff

I enjoyed it than but it has been so long I remember no details

[EmBg]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 10:36am

Bumpity Bump Bump ....

[D2]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 10:41am

I played Axle once, a long time ago. Hated the director, who was an idiot - she wanted to re-write the second act because "it doesn't work" - but overall I had a grand time during the performances. And no, she didn't get away with rewriting anything. We were a strong cast.

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 10:57pm

Just got cast as Tansy...excited to start rehearsaing (I'm taking over for someone who dropped out and have 9 rehearsals...ahhh)

[AnnaK<3LMIP]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 11:06pm

I have a friend in CT who had a friend doing the show..and I just loved it. Funniest thing ever.

[Neverandy]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 11:20pm

Shue was amazing- The Nerd and The Foreigner are 2 of the funniest plays i have ever seen. Too Bad he died in a plane crash.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 11:41pm

One of the most hilarious plays I've ever seen!

[LuPonatic]

Posted: 5/18/07 at 4:03am

I just recently saw a spectacular production of The Foreigner. HILARIOUS! The audience was rolling on the floor with laughter, what a great show! Shue is fantastic

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 5/20/07 at 11:33pm

update: funniest play ever.

I have to work so hard not to laugh during the entire rehearsal.

I failed today. For about six hours straight.

[RachelO]

Posted: 9/1/09 at 8:48pm

My favorite play on the planet.
After six years of being in love with it, I have my drama teacher considering it for our comedy this year. Of course, it may not happen, due to the excess of male roles, and lack of female roles.

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 9/1/09 at 10:08pm

I didn't know Larry Shue wrote The Nerd! My school ALMOST did The Foreigner, but there was a rights issue...
(And, RachelO, how did I know I might find you posting on a thread about The Nerd...?)

[Gobstopper]

Posted: 9/2/09 at 2:10pm

I was in "The Nerd" when I was a little kid! I played Thor! I was like 10 at the time, so reading the play once I was older was very... illuminating. I didn't realize how dirty some of those jokes were back then. :)

Incidentally, a lot of productions now cast Thor as a girl and name her "Thora." Lame.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 9/2/09 at 2:11pm

This was used in acting class in high school that I'd shoot myself if I had to sit through a whole production of it.