Presents a sampling of thirty-two monologue performances from the artists of P.S. 122, including Spaulding Gray, John Leguizamo, and Laurie Anderson

Out of Character: Rants, Raves, and Monologues from Today's Top Performance Artists

John Leguizamo

Eric Bogosian

Laurie Anderson

Spalding Gray

Denis Leary

Humor & Entertainment

BANTAM BOOKS

The Freak comic series wraps up with a young and bumbling John Leguizamo at the edge of celebrity, on his way to Broadway stage and Hollywood screen. But first, our tracksuited hero must survive every painfully ridiculous moment of his adolescence, battling against his insecure, unrealized self through low self-esteem, heartbreak, and making new friends. We follow along as he shares his first intimate (and probably greasy) encounter in the back of a KFC and finds new confidence when his family finally unravels, stepping up to protect his mother. After years of stumbling through sex, school, and a social life, Leguizamo stumbles by accident into acting, embracing his new creative path with a passion.

Freak (Part 3)

Freak Comix, LLC

Freak : A Semi-Demi-Quasi-Pseudo Autobiography John, Katz, David Bar Leguizamo

Literature & Fiction

David Bar Katz

Contemporary

Headline/Review

“Ghetto Klown is autobiographical dynamite—this is Leguizamo at his scathing, honest, moving, comedic best. Among the finest portraits of an artist as a young wounded talented man as I’ve read.” —Junot Díaz “My main Johnny Legs has done it again. Ghetto Klown as a graphic novel? DOPENESS.” —Spike Lee In Ghetto Klown, celebrated performer John Leguizamo lays bare his early years in blue-collar Queens, his salvation through acting and writing, and his colorful career trajectory. He brings us onto the sets of his films opposite stars such as Al Pacino and Patrick Swayze and with directors such as Baz Luhrmann and Brian De Palma, while also opening up about his offstage life in love and marriage. In this candid graphic novel memoir, Leguizamo offers a strong message of moving beyond self-doubt—and beyond the doubters—to claim some happiness. Originally staged on Broadway in 2011, Ghetto Klown won Leguizamo Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards before being adapted into an HBO special. Now, teaming up with artists Christa Cassano and Shamus Beyale, Leguizamo shares his life story in this vibrant, funny, and moving adaptation.

Ghetto Klown: A Graphic Memoir

Abrams ComicArts

Freak: a semi-demi-quasi-pseudo autobiography

Freak: a Semi-Demi-Quasi-Pseudo Autobiography is John Leguizamo's hilarious coming-of-age story. Set in various neighborhoods of Queens, New York, in the eras of disco and break-dancing, Freak recounts the turmoil and eccentricities within a Latino family struggling to make it. A domineering father, frustrated by his rocky quest for the American dream; a mother who finds feminism and the club scene when she tires of Pop's tight control; a pudgy, eager-to-please, easily manipulated younger brother; and John - who doesn't spare himself in telling the gory details of his teen years. Freak is the book adaptation of Leguizamo's comical and critically acclaimed one-man Broadway show. But Freak, the book, contains narrative that had to be cut from the show because of time restraints.

Freak: A Semi-Demi-Quasi-Pseudo Autobiography

Dramas & Plays

Riverhead Books

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