For those who might think this is a variation of the Gloria Estefan musical, you couldn’t be more mistaken. In fact, Jacqueline Novak’s Get On Your Knees, is a one-woman show about the act of fellatio. (Okay, we’re not going to be able to use that term repeatedly, so for those easily offended, please go to another posting.) There are two sold-out performances on Tuesday and Wednesday at Largo at the Coronet.
In her enormously well-received show, Novak spends nearly an hour-and-a-half talking about blowjobs (and other sex acts.) There’s some history, there are personal experiences, there’s keenly observed commentary and there is a celebration of the absurd.
In her New York Times review of the show, which named On Your Knees a Critic’s Pick,  Alexis Soloski said of the show, “The penis is her ostensible subject, yet there are other stories here: a coming-of-age one, and another about what it means to be the not-so-proud owner of both a sack of sex potatoes built, at least in part, to give pleasure to men, and a brain that finds a lot of the business of sex farcical.”
Whether great reviews or perverse curiosity inspired ticket sales, these two shows are sold out. You can always try to go the website to see if tickets might show up, but your best bet is to go directly to the theatre in hopes of catching a cancellation.
Artwork courtesy of Largo at the Coronet