Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon

Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon

Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon is the story of two Asian American self-styled “renegades.” Bucking the high expectations of their families, they met at a dive bar a week ago and decided to get married. Now they need an equally impromptu honeymoon, starting with knocking over a gas station to get the money for one. Comic hijinks, of course, ensue.

Sex, Silliness and Star Wars

 The Empire Strips Back: A Burlesque Parody, now playing at the Logan Theatre, is a sparkling example of an evening’s entertainment that is much better than it needs to be.  

On the Right Track

Pippin

A disoriented young man wanders onto the stage to a bed. He appears glassy-eyed and looks quite bewildered. Suddenly, from out of the mattress leaps the Leading Player, a supernatural-like sorcerous, colorfully decked out in black, red and silver. This mysterious, magical being encourages the youth, with a large bottle of pills in hand, to “Join us, leave your fields to flower; join us, leave your cheese to sour; Come and waste an hour or two.” Where, exactly is she luring this befuddled boy, and why? Is she tempting him with options for living or seducing him with a drug-induced escape from life through suicide?

Here She Is Boys, Here’s Rose

Gypsy

Everyone wants approval and attention, to be noticed, to be liked. In the eyes of many people, becoming successful is equated with being loved. This is the universal theme that propels this classic show that playwright Arthur Laurents subtitled, “A Musical Fable.” While on the surface, this is a show business saga. It’s a success story that’s set in the world of theater, particularly in Vaudeville and Burlesque of the 20’s and 30’s. The story is also a twist on the Hans Christian Andersen tale of “The Ugly Duckling,” where a homely, awkward young bird grows up to become a beautiful, graceful swan. But because everybody, regardless of gender, age or occupation, harbors the need to be noticed, praised and loved, “Gypsy” is a fable for every one of us.

The Odd Couple

Shaw vs. Tunney

When a reporter went to interview the famous up-and-coming prizefighter, Gene Tunney, he noticed that his modest mountain cabin was filled with—of all things—books! The writer asked the pugilist what he was reading and he replied, The Way of All Flesh, by Samuel Butler. Why? Because Tunney had found it for 50 cents at a thrift shop and it had contained a preface by his favorite author and playwright, George Bernard Shaw.