After a handful of critically-acclaimed specials, it’s become the norm for Mike Birbiglia to constantly bring his one-man show game to the next level. With his upcoming project, however, it feels as if he’s making his biggest splash yet.
As announced earlier this week, Birbiglia will be bringing his latest critically-acclaimed show, The Old Man and The Pool to Netflix on November 21. It will be his third special for Netflix, and his fifth overall, following the success of 2019’s The New One.
The recorded edition of the show, which Birbiglia has used as a vehicle to tackle some life’s most important questions about mortality, also comes after a critically-acclaimed and largely sold-out two month run on Broadway, at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, as well as a stint at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Wyndham Theatre in London’s West End.
Check out the teaser below.