Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor When he first began imagining his one-man show “The Movement You Need,” Brendan Hunt had a few challenges.
He wanted to tell the story of his complicated relationship with his late mother and how they were united by the legendary rock band the Beatles.
He wanted the show to have a universal appeal, even if you knew nothing about the Beatles. His other goal? In Hunt’s words: “To make a ‘I miss my dead mom’ solo show that doesn’t suck.” Hunt has achieved this and more with his one-man show, which was workshopped at the Hollywood Fringe Festival earlier this year and will make its New York premiere at the SoHo Playhouse, playing Nov.
1-7. Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, the show details how in 2022, Hunt was in the writing room of the Apple TV+ hit “Ted Lasso” — in which he also stars as the cryptic and lovable Coach Beard.
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