Reasons to be Happy, NOT!

Reasons to be Happy @ the Lucille Lortel Theatre is the sequel to Neil Labute's play, Reasons to be Pretty.  Labute picks up the same fearsome foursome four years later.  He should have left them in the past.  Greg & Steph start where they left off in "Pretty," by screaming at each other.  However, there are seismic changes in the dynamics of the group.  Since Greg/Steph ended their tumultous 4 year relationship, Steph has gotten married.  Carly/Kent have a 3 yr. old daughter but are not together.  They  hate each other.  Surreptitiously, Greg & Carly are involved in a sexual relationship that sets off fireworks of hostility from Steph.  Steph can't believe Greg is now sleeping with her best friend.  Sparks of venom quickly alter to Steph's professing her love to Greg.  Steph terminates her marriage to  reunite with Greg.  Still under Steph's spell, Greg agrees to end his relationship with Carly to be with her.  Greg's "we need to talk Carly," is usurped with Carly's ecstatic news; she is pregnant with their child.  Oh what to do...Greg suggests a pancake breakfast with Carly but morphs into a waffle drenched in vacillation.  Kent is still the boorish brute whose anger issues turn violent.  Kent tells Greg that "he's selfish, he needs to man up and go for it."  Sensible advice for Greg who has the backbone of a jellyfish.  Greg's indecisiveness becomes insufferable as does the play.  Last night in the village, there were huge crowds celebrating the Supreme Court's decision to legalize gay marriage.  This ruling is a good reason to be happy.