What is Simon Lovells Strange and Unusual Hobbies about?
Strange and Unusual Hobbies came about quite by accident. It’s an off-Broadway show, which is a very cool thing to have. It’s actually the longest running one-man off-Broadway show in New York City history. Wall Street Journal called it a “Dazzling 90 minute show!”… They were trashed, but that was ok. There is a bar in the theater, and it’s used extensively by most people… including myself! The SoHo Playhouse is where Monday Night Magic used to be. The owner saw me there and he really dug the show. He said I had the basis for a one-man show there, if only I could be more vile and disgusting, and bring in controversial subjects. I told him I was actually pretty tamed down for Monday Night Magic, I did have that show. At that point they were developing the whole underground area of the SoHo Playhouse, which is where my show is, at the Huron Club. So I was in right at the development stage, telling them where to place the bar, where to place the stage, what color curtains, what kind o
