The Play's The Thing

Prelude To A Kiss

Where: American Airlines Theatre
With: Tom
Snack: Bourbon & a Junior Mint

When Tom told me that John Mahoney from "Frasier" was in this play, I was honestly hoping that he would be bringing that cute little dog with him - but to my disappointment, he just brought his limp. Luckily he did a good job, so it turned out ok. I stayed awake for the whole show, which actually says quite a bit about the production, but I think this was mostly due to the play itself. As I said, John M was good, and so were all of the supporting characters (including the guy who kind of looks like the farmer from "Babe," but is actually the guy Michael Douglas confronts in the zoo after realzing he's being set up in "The Game.") On the other hand, the 2 young leads were a little odd. I didn't recognize the girl, but she had sort of a Julie Haggerty (from "Airplane") thing going on that was hit or miss throughout the show. The guy was the actor who played the pirate in "Dodgeball" (as well as the cult-leader Father in a couple episodes of one of my all time favorite shows, "Strangers With Candy.") He did a good job, but kept taking his shirt off to show a RIDICULOUSLY cut set of abs. It was distracting. It did not fit in with his character at all. He also looked a lot like a Greg Kinnear knock-off, which bothered me for no justifiable reason (it just did.) In the end, I was glad that I went & I'll keep an eye out for the movie, which I've never seen, but it's probably good that this is a limited run.