Adam Gopnik and Noah Diamond on Duck Soup at the United Palace Theatre

May 19, 2024: On the centennial of the Marx Brothers’
Broadway debut in I'LL SAY SHE IS,
Marxfest attendees enjoyed a screening of DUCK SOUP at the spectacular United Palace
Theatre in the Manhattan neighborhood
of Washington Heights. After the film, United Palace chief executive officer
Mike Fitelson introduced this onstage conversation
between New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik
and Marx Brothers revivalist Noah Diamond.
Video courtesy of the United Palace Theatre
Photos by
Allan Marcus, Noah Diamond, Doris NZ, and Janet Heit
Special thanks to
Mike Fitelson, Brett Leveridge, and Adam Gopnik
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