Producer Anna Becker says that Life in a Marital Institution "is a feel good date night for married people because they’ll feel better about their marriage after hearing about James Braly’s." You can catch this fun show at the SoHo Playhouse.

James Braly spent over twenty years researching life in a marital institution. He’s performed his autobiographical stories on Marketplace, NPR, and at The Whitney Museum, Long Wharf Theatre, and The Moth, where he is the only two-time winner of the GrandSLAM and a featured performer on The Moth/TNT National Story Tour.  His monologue, Life in a Marital Institution was featured at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, opened this February in New York City at 59 East 59th Street Theaters, and will transfer to SOHO Playhouse starting on June 26, 2008.

He lives on the Upper West Side, I think. But the director of the show, Hal Brooks, lives in Brooklyn. Here’s what he thinks of our fair borough:

I moved to Brooklyn reluctantly after nine years in a tiny 10’x15′
studio on Prince Street.

Needless to say, I’ve much more space.

Initially I moved to a beautiful 1 bedroom in beloved Brooklyn heights—but have recently relocated to the newly-built State Renaissance on Schermerhorn.

I love it. Its five minutes from all the essentials: across the street
from the A/C train, a five minute walk to Smith Street and a stone’s
throw (or a quick bike ride) to BAM, the park and the promenade.

It’s really more downtown Brooklyn than it is Boerum Hill – but that’s changing rapidly as more and more development occurs.

Favorite nearby spot, especially now: blue marble ice cream. Whoa.