Luigi Jannuzzi
Award Winning Comedy Playwright
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Exhibit This! -- The Museum Comedies
By: Luigi Jannuzzi

ACT ONE
Scene:

1. Love among the
Impressionists

2. Dating In The Planetarium

3. The Forgery
or Boating with the Spanish Singer,
a Woman with a Parrot, and Manet

4. The Penitent Magdalen

5. Oh, Those Antiquities!

6. The Curator

7. Fertility God Fugue


INTERMISSION


ACT TWO
Scene:

1. The Self Portrait

2. Hanging With The Tapestries

3. The Drawing Room Guard's Big Lie

4. 1-555-HELP-ART

5. Misguided Tour

6. Framed

(7 Plays, 6 Monologues)

Act I, Scene 2 "DATING IN THE PLANETARIUM" includes THE IRANIAN ARMLET, 1030 Gurgan, Iran. Click here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art for picture and more information.

Act I, Scene 2. "Dating In The Planetarium" includes TETE-A-TETE VICTORIAN ROCOCO REVIVAL LOVE SEAT, 1863 Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Love Seat and more information.

Act I, Scene 2. "Dating In The Planetarium" includes A HUNTING CROSSBOW, 1460 GERMAN WHALEBONE & WOOD Click here or on picture to go to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art site for more info on this crossbow.

Act I, Scene 2. "Dating In The Planetarium" includes DAGGER (Schweizerdolch-Swiss), 1567 This is not that Dagger. The Swiss Dagger is at the MET and last mentioned in the 1989 MET guide. (The one with VERMEER'S "YOUNG WOMAN WITH A WATER JUG" on the cover.)

THE ART WORK of the Play
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EXHIBIT THIS! -THE MUSEUM COMEDIES
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By: Luigi Jannuzzi
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50+ Works of ART
PLUS direct Links to the MET!
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(A Comedy about
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
that comes to life one night!)
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(All photos of Art work taken by Luigi Jannuzzi.)
(All images are of works pre 1924 as of 2008.)

Mother and Child contemplate Perseus contemplating Medusa's severed head. PERSEUS WITH THE HEAD OF MEDUSA Sculpture by: Antonio Canova, 1804-6 Click Here to link to THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART sculpture for more information.

Act I, Scene 1 "LOVE AMONG THE IMPRESSIONISTS" includes HYACINTHE-EUGENE MEUNIER, (Pastry cook) 1877 BY: PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR Click here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

Act 1, Scene 1 "Love Among The Impressionists" includes BY THE SEASHORE, 1883 BY: PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR Click here to link to The Metropolitan Museum of Art picture and more information.

Act I, Scene 1 "LOVE AMONG THE IMPRESSIONISTS" See also: PIERRE-AUGUSTE-RENOIR'S "A WAITRESS AT DUVAL'S RESTAURANT," 1875 Click here to link to the MET.

Act I, Scene 1 "LOVE AMONG THE IMPRESSIONISTS" See also: EDGAR DEGAS' "JAMES-JACQUES-JOSEPH TISSOT," 1868 Click here to link to the MET.

Act I, Scene 2. "Dating In The Planetarium" includes CRIB OF THE INFANT JESUS Devotional Cribs, 15 C. South Netherlands Click here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Crib and more information.

Act I, Scene 2. "Dating In The Planetarium" includes a reference to Abstract Paintings like: "PASIPHAE," 1943 or "AUTUMN RHYTHM," 1950 BY: Jackson Pollock Both are in the permanent collection at The Metropolitan. "PASIPHAE" is not on their website, but click here to link to "AUTUMN RHYTHM" Since both are after 1924, they can not be pictured here

Act I, Scene 2. "Dating In The Planetarium" includes THE APPROACHING THUNDER STORM, 1859 BY: MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

Act I, Scene 2. "Dating In The Planetarium" includes WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE, 1851 BY: EMANUEL GOTTLIEB LEUTZE Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting for more information.

Act I, Scene 3. "The Forgery or Boating with the Spanish Singer, a Woman with a Parrot, and Manet" includes THE SPANISH SINGER, 1860 BY: ÉDOUARD MANET Click here to link to: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

Act I, Scene 3. "The Forgery or Boating with the Spanish Singer, a Woman with a Parrot, and Manet" includes YOUNG LADY IN 1866, 1866 BY: EDOUARD MANET Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art pciture and more information.

Act I, Scene 3. "The Forgery or Boating with the Spanish Singer, a Woman with a Parrot, and Manet" includes BOATING, 1874 BY: EDOUARD MANET Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

Act I, Scene 3. "The Forgery or Boating with the Spanish Singer, a Woman with a Parrot, and Manet" mentions A WOMAN WITH A PARROT, 1866 BY: GUSTAVE COURBET Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art pciture and more information.

Act I, Scene 3. "The Forgery or Boating with the Spanish Singer, a Woman with a Parrot, and Manet" mentions OLYMPIA, 1865 BY: EDOUARD MANET Click Here to link to The Musee d'Orsay in Paris, France.

Act I, Scene 3. "The Forgery or Boating with the Spanish Singer, a Woman with a Parrot, and Manet" mentions Le Dejeuner sur I'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), 1866 BY: EDOUARD MANET Click Here to link to The Musee d'Orsay in Paris, France.

Act I, Scene 4. "The Penitent Magdalen" includes THE PENITENT MAGDALEN, 1643 BY: GEORGES DE LA TOUR Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

** CLICK HERE to link to
GEORGES DE LA TOUR's
"THE REPENTANT MAGDALEN," 1640
at the NATIONAL GALLERY of ART, Washington DC.
** CLICK HERE TO SEE ALSO:
GEORGES DE LA TOUR's
"MAGDALEN WITH THE SMOKING FLAME", 1640
at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
Los Angeles, California.
** CLICK HERE to see also:
GEORGES DE LA TOUR's
"MAGDALEN OF NIGHT LIGHT," 1635
at the Muse'e du Louvre, Paris, France.
Act I, Scene 5. "Oh, Those Antiquities!" includes THE OUTER COFFIN OF HENETTAWY, 991 bc (Mistress of the house and chantress of AMEN-RA) Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art picture and more information.

Act I, Scene 5. "Oh, Those Antiquities!" includes MEMISABU AND HIS WIFE, 2350 bc Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art picture for more information.

Act I, Scene 5. "Oh, Those Antiquities!" includes COSMETIC CAT VESSEL, 1991 - 1783 bc (Alabaster Cosmetic Jar) Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art picture for more information.

Act I, Scene 5. "Oh, Those Antiquities!" includes COFFIN FOR A SACRED CAT, 305 - 30 bc A sacred animal of Goddess Bastet. A mummified cat was placed within this coffin. Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art picture for more information.

Act I, Scene 6. "The Curator" includes STUDY FOR "A SUNDAY ON LA GRANDE JATTE", 1885 BY: GEORGES SEURAT Click Here for link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting for more information.

Act I, Scene 6. "The Curator" includes THE FAIR AT BEZONS, ca 1733 BY: JEAN BATISTE PATER Click here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

Act I, Scene 6. "The Curator" includes THE FORTUNE TELLER, 1630's BY: GEORGES DE LA TOUR Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting for more information.

Act I, Scene 6. "The Curator" includes THE CARD PLAYERS, 1890 BY: PAUL CEZANNE Click here to link to: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

Act I, Scene 7. "Fertility God Fugue" includes SEATED COUPLE, 16 - 20th c. Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art picture for more information.

Act I, Scene 7. Fertility God Fugue includes MOTHER AND CHILD, 15th -20th c Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art picture for more information.

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Act II, Scene 1. "The Self Portrait" includes SALVATOR ROSA, 1615 - 1673 BY: SALVATOR ROSA (Self Portrait) Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting for more information.

Act II, Scene 2. "Hanging With The Tapestries" includes BIRTH OF THE VIRGIN FLORENCE, 3rd quarter of 15 c.

Act II, Scene 2. "Hanging With The Tapestries" includes GREENERY, 1905 (A tribute to Trees & Wood)

Act II, Scene 2. "Hanging With The Tapestries"Based onAIR, THE HANGING, ca 1683About Louis XIV, his mistress and 6 of their children. CLICK HERE TO Link to THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART THE HANGING and more information.

Act II, Scene 2. "Hanging With The Tapestries" includes LA GRENOUILLERE, 1869 BY: CLAUDE MONET Click here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 2 "HANGING WITH THE TAPESTRIES" includes GARDEN AT SAINTE-ADRESSE, 1867 BY: CLAUDE MONET Click here to link to: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 2. "Hanging With The Tapestries" includes PIAZZA SAN MARCO, 1730 BY: GIOVANNI CANALETTO Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting for more information.

Act II, Scene 2. "Hanging With The Tapestries" includes THE REPAST OF THE LION, ca. 1907 BY: HENRI-JULIEN-FELIX ROUSSEAU Click here for a link to: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 2. "Hanging With The Tapestries" includes THE ABDUCTION OF THE SABINE WOMEN, ca. 1633–34 BY: Nicolas Poussin Click here for a link to: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 2. "Hanging With The Tapestries" includes A BRAZILIAN LANDSCAPE, 1650 By: FRANS POST Click here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 3. "The Drawing Room Guard's Big Lie" includes Drawing of STUDIES FOR THE LIBYAN SIBYL, 1508-12 BY: MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI Click here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Drawing and more information.

Act II, Scene 3. "The Drawing Room Guard's Big Lie" includes Drawing of DESIGNS FOR A NATIVITIY OR ADORATION OF THE CHRIST CHILD, 1483-1519 BY: LEONARDO DA VINCI Click here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Drawing and more information.

Act II, Scene 3. "The Drawing Room Guard's Big Lie" includes the drawing of LADY LILITH, 1867 BY: DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Click here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Drawing and more information.

Act II, Scene 4. "1-555-HELP-ART" includes THE DEATH OF SOCRATES, 1787 BY: JACQUES-LOUIS-DAVID Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art picture for more information.

Act II, Scene 5. "Misguided Tour"includesTHE BLIND MAN'S MEAL, 1903 BY: PABLO PICASSO *****Click Here to link toThe Metropolitan Museum Of Art for more information.

Act II, Scene 5. "Misguided Tour"inclues BLACK ABSTRACTION, 1927 BY: GEORGIA O'KEEFFE *****Click Here to link toThe Metropolitan Museum Of Art for more information.

Act II, Scene 5. "Misguided Tour" includes GERTRUDE STEIN, 1906 BY: PABLO PICASSO Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art picture for more information.

Act II, Scene 5. "Misguided Tour" includes NAKED MAN, BACK VIEW. 1991–92 BY: LUCIAN FREUD Click here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 5. "Misguided Tour" includes THE LIGHTHOUSE AT TWO LIGHTS, 1929 BY: EDWARD HOPPER Click here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 5. "Misguided Tour" includes TENNIS AT NEWPORT, 1919 BY: GEORGE BELLOWS Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art picture for more information.

Act II, Scene 5. "Misguided Tour" includes THE TERRACE AT VERNONNET, 1939 BY: PIERRE BONNARD Click here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 6. "FRAMED" includes MEZZETIN, 1719 BY: JEAN ANTOINE WATTEAU Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art painting for more information.

PLAYS
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for Pictures, Posters,
Reviews & Awards.)

Full Length Play
NIGHT OF THE FOOLISH MOON
Published by SamuelFrench.com
FOR THE LOVE OF JULIET
Published by SamuelFrench.com
One Act Play
A BENCH AT THE EDGE
Published by SamuelFrench.com
THE BARBARIANS ARE COMING
Published by SamuelFrench.com
THE APPOINTMENT
Published by SamuelFrench.com
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
Published by SamuelFrench.com
Works On The Way: New Plays
COMEDIES ON THE EDGE
FOUR ACTS ON THE EDGE ACT ONE: "A BENCH AT THE EDGE."ACT TWO: "KEEP REHEARSING TILL WE GET IT,""THE APPOINTMENT,""I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU"
NINE KISSES, ONE SLAP!
The Play that proves that the last great decision that you made in your life was based on a KISS ...or a SLAP!
EXPERIMENT ON THIS! - THE SCIENCE COMEDIES
How funny is molecular movement? Have you been to the Dwarf planet Cafe? Quantum laughs await in this new collection of 12 one act plays about Science!
EXHIBIT THIS! - THE MUSEUM COMEDIES
*Published by SamuelFrench.com******** 7 One Acts & 6 Monologues based on 40 + Works of ART at the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART in NEW YORK CITY
ALL THE KING'S WOMEN
*Published by SamuelFrench.com ******* 5 One Acts & 3 Monologues based on THE LIFE OF ELVIS PRESLEY told through the eyes of 17 WOMEN: Some Entralled, Some Appalled,...ALL OBSESSED!
EXHIBIT THIS TOO! - MORE MUSEUM COMEDIES (Revenge of the Sculpture)
7 More One Act Plays, 6 More Monologues based on 50+ More Works of ART at the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART in NEW YORK CITY.
(Click here to see Works of ART from the Metropolitan Museum of Art upon which EXHIBIT THIS! THE MUSEUM COMEDIES are based.)
(Click here to see Works of ART from the Metropolitan Museum of Art upon which EXHIBIT THIS TOO! - MORE MUSEUM COMEDIES are based.)
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THE METROPOLITAN THEATRE COMPANY * CAST of EXHIBIT THIS! - THE MUSEUM COMEDIES
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