Marx in Soho

Last night we went to see Brattleboro’s own Jerry Levy performing Howard Zinn’s play Marx in Soho. It’s a partly entertaining and partly didactic show about what ol’ Karl might have said if he reappeared in Soho (New York not London due to a bureaucratic mixup) in 1991 after watching humanity screw up his teachings for 150 years.

Levy’s a retired sociology professor, and obviously this subject matter is near and dear to his heart. He’s been performing this show around the country and in Europe for ten years.

I thought he did a great job inhabiting the curmudgeonly spirit of Marx, and I learned a little bit about him and his era. I might have dozed once or twice (embarrassing in the front row) but was glad I went.