Foreigner

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/8/04 at 8:55pm

I gotz another question for youz guys and gals. My mom's friend has two tickets to see a play called, "Foreigner" that she won in some radio contest or something (I really have no idea how she got it). Anyway, she asked me if I wanted them. Has anyone see/heard about this play? If so, is it good?

[Jon]

Posted: 7/8/04 at 9:15pm

I assume it's "The Foreigner" by the late Larry Shue. It's a very funny comedy set in an inn in the deep south. To British buddies arrive to do some fihing, hunting, etc. One is terribly shy around strangers, so he pretends to be a foreigner, speaking a made up language only his friend understands. Since all the locals think he can't understand English, they speak freely in his presence, and he find out all sorts of scalndalous things. There are subplots involving a young newlywed couple, a slow-witted hillbilly, and the Ku Klux Klan, among others.

The show was done off-broadway about 15 years ago. Roundabout is revivng it this seaspon.

Posted: 7/8/04 at 9:17pm

Very funny script - my choice would depend on the viability of the company performing it.

[Radford]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 12:19am

You got free tickets to a play? Yes, you always take them. Even if it's bad.

As for The Foreigner, it's a great play. Larry Shue wrote two full length plays, The Nerd and The Foreigner. Both shows are brilliant. Larry Shue was killed in a plane crash when he was just beginning a career. I heard someone say once, "We lost this generation's Neil Simon when Larry Shue died."

[Jon]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 3:16am

Shue was also an actor. He originated the role of Reverend Crisparkle in THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD when it first played in Central Park.

Posted: 7/9/04 at 3:21am

Radford - I must amend myself and agree with you whole-heartedly. There's ALWAYS something to be gained from a live performance, even if it's only to see what not to do - especially if the education is free