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The Off-Broadway Play Matt & Ben (Satire)

I'm such a huge Matt and Ben devotee and would love to see this play!

Why One Matt and Ben Aren't Enough (NY Times):

"Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers, the women who wrote the play and also appear as Ben and Matt, turn celebrity overload to their advantage, embracing our shared image of the actors — Matt is the smart one, Ben is cute but dumb — even as they send up the embarrassing amount of trivia we carry around about movie stars. The play shrewdly connects to its audience by tapping into our encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture.

Matt & Ben (now running at P.S. 122 in the East Village) had its premiere a year ago at the New York International Fringe Festival, at the very moment when the Ben and Jen Show was about to overshadow the Legend of Matt and Ben. Despite the hovering spirit of J. Lo (the line about Latin women has been added since the Fringe performances), it's the Legend that is central to the play. "

Joke's on Damon, Affleck off-Broadway (AP).