Old Hats

Old Hats
Written by	David Shiner Bill Irwin
Date premiered	2013
Place premiered	New York City, New York, United States
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy, clown, musical theatre, revue

Old Hats is a 2013 comedy sketch, revue, musical and clown show written and performed by David Shiner and Bill Irwin, the show debuted in New York City.[1] Musician Nellie McKay also performed in the 2013 show.[1]

The original 2013 Off-Broadway was a combination of "clowning revue-with-music".[2] Old Hats won the 2013 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue.[3]

Revival

The show was revived in New York City in 2016 with Shiner and Irwin returning and a new third performer, musician Shaina Taub, in between sketches Taub performed original songs with a band.[4] The revival was filmed for WNET's Theater Close-up and BroadwayHD.

References

1. Isherwood, Charles (March 4, 2013). "Aging Clowns and Brand-New Gags". The New York Times.
2. Gans, Andrew and Jones, Kenneth. "Off-Broadway Run of Acclaimed 'Old Hats', By Bill Irwin and David Shiner, Extended Again" Archived 2013-11-24 at the Wayback Machine Playbill.com, April 2, 2013
3. Hetrick, Adam and Gans, Andrew. "Billy Porter, Andrea Martin, 'Pippin', 'Matilda', 'Vanya and Sonia' Win Drama Desk Awards" Archived 2013-06-05 at the Wayback Machine Playbill.com, May 10, 2013
4. Genzlinger, Neil (February 18, 2016). "Review: 'Old Hats,' Mime and Mayhem From Irwin and Shiner". The New York Times.