Are you ready to join Microsoft’s Clippy in saving humanity from an impending techno-dystopia and prove he’s helpful once and for all?! Then you are in luck! Douglas Widick’s Edinburgh Fringe hit show Paperclip, a unique musical, is running on OCT 2-4 at The SoHo Playhouse in NYC.
After completing 25 plus shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer, Douglas Widick’s Paperclip is taking on The Big Apple. Now with a live backing band, Paperclip is bringing three final performances to the iconic SoHo Playhouse THIS WEEK.
Douglas Widick as Clippy (Photo Credit: Reed Kavner)
The writer and star of the musical, Douglas Widick, cites his appearance on a 1999 episode of The Rosie O’Donnell Show (where he beat Rosie at Harry Potter trivia) as the start of his entertainment career. In the following years he played in pop-punk outfit Easton which played in the 2006 Warped Tour alongside such acts as Mayday Parade, attended improv classes at UCB, and toured internationally with hip-hop improv ensemble North Coast.
In Paperclip, Microsoft Word’s writing assistant, Clippy, has seen the future—and it is bleak. Determined to prevent the impending techno-dystopia brought about by artificial intelligence, Clippy travels back in time to warn humanity in a thrilling, time-traveling adventure through the internet. In Douglas’s words, “the show is about choice, self-sabotage, and how we engage with a rapidly changing world. Clippy’s journey to stop AI is couched in a story about him redeeming his reputation as the world’s least beloved digital icon.”
Douglas Widick on stage (Photo Credit Reed Kavner)
Don’t miss out on this epic adventure to save us from ourselves!
Mentions: Show 7pm ET. Tickets HERE. Location: SoHo Playhouse | 15 Vandam St, New York, NY 10013. Give Widick on Ig/FB/TikTok. Feed the algo.