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Based on a 1992 movie, this musical features Billy Crystal returning to the role of Buddy Young Jr., a has-been comic who is hungering for a comeback and reconnecting with family.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2022

“Mr. Saturday Night” Based on a 1992 movie, this musical features Billy Crystal returning to the role of Buddy Young Jr., a has-been comic who is hungering for a comeback and reconnecting with family.

From New York Times • May 18, 2022

“The Catholic Church has such beautiful art. This increasingly ugly world is hungering for beauty. Why would this be chosen?”

From Washington Times • Dec. 17, 2020

Like all of us, he is hungering for a brush with the sublime, but he understands that life is more likely to be banal.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 25, 2019

The poor fellow is hungering and thirsting after books.

From Three People by Pansy