But I’m Thirsty for a Laugh! [THEATER PREVIEW]
Subtle expressions: L-r, Jarrod Gutman, Gary Kresca, Melody Cohen, Lindsey Jacobs, and Jeff Caldwell. Photo credit: KGB “This is Woody Allen’s first play for Broadway. He was a sitcom writer at the time, so it’s written in that style; it’s very joke-joke-joke-joke, like rapid fire.” Gary Kresca pauses. “It’s just a shame the guy never had a career. Nobody knows who Allen is. So, really, MBCC is just trying to put him on the map.” How did Betsy (director Betsy Rubino) uncover this obscure playwright, this Allen fellow? “We’ll have to ask her that question,” says Vic Jeter, “but I think she’s had this one in mind for quite some time.” Gary Kresca and Vic Jeter have gathered ‘round the campfire, so to speak, to discuss “Don’t Drink the Water,” an early comedy by Woody Allen, that is being staged this weekend and next at the Manhattan Beach Community Church. Kresca plays Walter Hollander, one of the central characters, and Jeter, who has a minor onstage role, has yet a larger offstage roll as co-producer with Nancy Starke. So, a guy walks into a bar… It’s the mid-1960s, and every summer Walter has taken his family –wife Marion (Melody Cohen) and daughter Susan (Lindsey Jacobs) – to…
Read this story on easyreadernews.com