In September 2001, Broken Watch Theatre Company made its Off-Broadway debut with the Off-Broadway Revival of Howard Korder's Boys' Life. The New York press had much to say on our behalf.

Boys' Life
by Howard Korder
Directed by Drew DeCorleto; sets by J. Wiese; production stage manager, Barrett Hall; assistant set designer, Jito Lee; assistant stage manager, Stephen Brumble; sound editor, Adam Fumia. Presented by Broken Watch Productions Inc.

WITH: Leo Lauer, Andrew J. Hoff, Jeremy Koch, Jeslyn Kelly, Danielle Savin, Alli Steinberg, Matt Walton and Teresa L. Goding. September 4th to September 30, 2001 Opening September 10, 2001

Howard Korder is reputed to be one of the finest modern playwrights. Boys' Life garnered a 1988 Pulitzer Prize nomination. Other plays include Search and Destroy (Los Angeles Drama Critics' Award for best new play); Night Maneuver; Fun (Heideman Award for best one act); Nobody (HBO Writer's Award in the O'Niell Playwrights Conference); The Lights (Seven Drama Desk nominations and an Obie Award for Playwriting). Along with numerous screenplay credits he is the recipient of a 1996 Guggenheim Fellowship in playwriting.

"Foreplay That's So Funny, Sex is Just Superfluous" -NY Times

"The play... is brought to hilarious, sad, vivid life by the spot-on performances of Hoff, Lauer and Koch" -NY Post

"... their enthusiasm can be catching... no question what this cast is up to." -NY Times

"extracts the core of the play in a brilliant way" -NY Post

"If you want to catch a talented young company, check out Broken Watch Productions" -ARTS BEAT

"Every now and again a play finally finds a group of people who know what it needs." -NY Post

"If this is what they consider broken, then let's hope they never fix it." -West Side Spirit (Theatre Pick of the Week)

"Designer John Wiese has crafted a visually striking and extraordinarily versatile set." -West Side Spirit