Sunday, October 5, 2014

Off Bwy IT HAS to be YOU-$25 too GOOD to be TRUE?

I like NY in June, how about you?  I like a good bargain or two, how about you?  For $25 the off B'wy show IT HAS to be YOU will do.  Playwright, Catherine Butterfield (Joined at the Head) stars as Mindy in this droll, predictable play about familial ties & gigalo wiles.   Mindy & Frank (Adam Ferrara) are siblings driving up to check on their 75 yr. old widowed mom, Dorothy, after a neighbor alerted them to her nude dancing on the balcony.  Fearing that their mother may becoming senile & wistfully planning on inheriting her estate, they strategize together & bring each other up to date on their problematic lives.  Mindy is a neurotic, narcissitic single woman whose 10 yr. affair with a married man has been terminated.  Frank is struggling to keep his tuxedo business afloat & his marriage anchored.  When they arrive at their mother's home they find they have bigger fish to fry.  Their mom has a guy 30 years younger they fear will usurp them in her will.  Senility has not set in rather Burt (Peter Davenport) her young lover has moved in & Frank & Mindy want him out.  Jed their successful, gay brother arrives the next & the 3 siblings are in collusion to rid them mom of Burt.  Jed does just that by outing Burt as gay breaking their mother's heart in the process.  Mother may know everything but mother does not know best.  The acting by the cast elevates this comedic yawn; particularly Burt played with convincing charm & Frank with comedic chops.  I can see we may disagree on what to do you - I don't recommend, how about you?  

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