Related topics New York TheaterPlaywrights HorizonsOff BroadwayThe Whale Advertisement One of this season's must-see plays has a mesmerizing, yet unlikely, hero. "The Whale," produced by off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizons, features a larger than life leading man. Tony Award winner Shuler Hensley stars as a 600-pound recluse who is slowly eating himself to death. Following the death of his partner, Charlie has grown dangerously overweight. Not able to move much, he teaches classes online and has very little contact with the outside world, save for a friend who acts both as nurse and enabler. The play, written by Obie winner Samuel D. Hunter and directed by Davis McCallum, follows the lead...
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