Long Story Short

One of the great benefits of being an intern is free tickets. The Theater Intern Group sent out an e-mail to get tickets to see Colin Quinn in Long Story Short, history of the world in 75 minutes. If only history had been this interesting in school I might have retained something. The show very comedically took the audience through the entire history of the world. It is hard to explain, but a great show none-the-less. And, as a bonus we got to meet Jimmy Fallon!

From their website:

Covering more than 2000 years in 75 minutes, Long Story Short is Colin Quinn’s hilarious look at the ups and downs of great civilizations gone wrong. In this one-man sendup, Quinn channels comedic personalities of nations past, offering satirical takes on the attitudes, appetites and habits that toppled powerful empires. Charting a comical course from the excess of ancient Rome to WalMart/Costco/BestBuy, Quinn proves that the forces undermining the American empire are as old as time. Directed by Jerry Seinfeld, the moral of Long Story Short is that the greatest Empires of history, like most people, have a basic approach to life and never really change, even if it is clearly leading them to ruin.