I’M 27, I STILL LIVE AT HOME, AND I SELL OFFICE SUPPLIES: AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH JIM CARRANE
This performance by sometime Metraform (and former ImprovOlympic) actor Jim Carrane is billed as a one-man show, and that’s no lie. Carrane isn’t only the guy onstage; he’s the guy who takes your ticket at the door, walks through the theater making sure everyone’s got a seat, turns the houselights off when it’s time to start the show, and jumps off the stage to turn them back on again when an impatient stage manager informs him it’s time to clear the house for the next production.
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Jim Carrane is eager to please; he’s concerned that everything go smoothly, that everyone has a comfortable seat, that everyone has a good time. When he accidentally drops his wristwatch, instead of brushing it off as most actors would, he apologizes then explains that he uses it to keep time so he won’t get in trouble for letting the show go too long. He’s deferential, conciliatory, ingratiating, and conscientious.
