In this world premiere romantic
comedy a seemingly average American couple have divorced after 16
years, and one son, because the husband had two (2) extramarital flings. Well,
maybe she over-reacted, but they had a nasty break up and now she has married a
jolly fellow who she believes she can trust.
Meanwhile, her hunky husband has
found a new love who turns out to be a rather unhandsome British man who likes
to appear in public in drag. Little attempt is made to have this lover a sexual
beast – in fact he looks like someone’s grandmother in a really bad wig.
Now, for some reason the
ex-wife – who had turned nasty when her husband was schtupping females – now gets
a passionate itch for her straying ex-mate and they start meeting in motels for
truly fabulous sex. I recoiled at this, but hey, the audience really seemed to eat it up!
Plaudits to the actors who almost
make the dynamics in this play plausible: Blake Silver is adorable as a Chorus
who sets the action; Robin Riker is delicious as the bewildered wife; Robb
Derringer a charmer as the bemused ex-husband; Sean Smith wonderfully arch as
the cross-dressing inamorato, and John Marzilli is all energy as the bewildered
cuckold.
The clever set by Celine Diano, and dances
by Tracy Silver, light up the stage.This farcical play written
by Peter Lefcourt is directed by Terri Hanauer and produced by Racquel
Lehrman, Theatre Planners.
At the Odyssey
Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, thru Aug. 24. Tickets at (323) 960-7712 or www.plays411.com/tonight.
Photos by Ed Krieger.
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