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About the show

The plot closely follows that of the 1976 film but uses stage devices and audio visual technology to immerse the audience as participants. The audience becomes part of the play both as diners and a studio audience. The distance between fact and fiction is reduced, mimicking the blurring of truth and fiction in contemporary news media. The play's most significant diversion from the film is a final monologue delivered by Howard Beale. Freed in death from his derangement, Beale warns about the destructive nature of absolute beliefs, urging the audience to instead exercise compassion and connection.