With ‘Table 17,’ Douglas Lyons Reaches His Goals: Amusing and Charming the Audience

‘Laugh openly with us,’ the performer, writer, and composer writes in a program note. ‘Love with us. Let this play remind you of that ex you wanna strangle and that one love you’ll never forget.’

Daniel J. Vasquez
Biko Eisen-Martin and Kara Young in 'Table 17.' Daniel J. Vasquez

The performer, writer, and composer Douglas Lyons made his Broadway debut as a playwright three years ago with the comedy “Chicken & Biscuits,” a rollicking but distinctly middlebrow account of family dysfunction that suggested a lost Tyler Perry flick adapted for the stage.

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