The play tonight was written by Neil Simon. According to the curtain speech it details the actual relationship between Marvin Hamlish and Carol Sager.
There’s a lot to be said about it – both good and bad. It’s a two level set. The lower portion looks like a vertical keyboard. The upper portion had the five piece band and a projection on the right. The projection showed what would be seen out the window (NYC) for most of it but the projection was the same sunny day even when there was thunder and rain.
On the lower level there is a obviously fake Grand piano which the Marvin guy played. It was weird watching the guy in the band playing the piano when the actor on stage was faking it.
Great lighting with a lot of expensive LED lights.
It was classic Neil Simon – fast paced dialog and lots of one liner jokes. They singers were good but the music just wasn’t catchy.
Very little choreography.
It was a really, really sweet love story. It could have been a standard Simon Rom-Com and been even better. There was only one thing that dated the time period. They got stuck in their car and didn’t have a phone.
They’re was no real end to the play. When they left the stage, we thought there was another scene coming but we got the curtain call instead. Of course it was past 10:30 which should have given us a hint – three hours including intermission.
Definitely worth seeing, maybe not worth doing.
Good night, got a long drive ahead one me tomorrow – from the south east corner to the north west corner. Seeing a Joe dipietro murder comedy. I have that script too but wasn’t impressed all that much.
Till then good night
