Review: "The Scary" Builds a Stephen King Parody on the Fly
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The Scary - Improvised Stephen King Original concept by Nannette Deasy Directed by Robert Baumgardner Presented by IRTE at The Producers Club 358 W. 44th St., Manhattan, NYC January 31-February 22, 2025 L-R: Natalie Hunter and Evie Aronson. Photo: IRTE Stephen King has remained a cultural force over the nearly half a century since his debut novel, Carrie , became a bestseller. While a couple of King tropes have aged less well than others, the size and popularity of his corpus offers a lot to draw on for the improvised horror-comedy of The Scary , from IRTE (Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble). Having made its award-winning debut in 2014, The Scary returns, reimagined, for some much-needed comic relief in a 2025 that is shaping up to be pretty scary itself. Taking inspiration from across the King canon, the show's talented cast stirs up buckets of blood-spattered fun. One doesn't have to be a connoisseur of King esoterica to thoroughly enjoy The Scary , though a passin...