Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
at CASA at Essex Studio (2511 Essex Pl. Cincinnati, OH 45206)
Performances: 9/24, 9/25, 9/26, 9/27 (2PM Matinee), 9/30, 10/1, 10/2, 10/3
Doors at 7:30PM, Show at 8:00PM
All Ages. General Admission - Open Seating
$27 Adults
$20 Students
More info: www.newedgecliff.com
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Performances: 9/24, 9/25, 9/26, 9/27 (2PM Matinee), 9/30, 10/1, 10/2, 10/3
Doors at 7:30PM, Show at 8:00PM
All Ages. General Admission - Open Seating
$27 Adults
$20 Students
More info: www.newedgecliff.com
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Winner of the Dramatists Guild Hull Warriner Award. A critical and popular success, this bittersweet comedy combines poignancy and laughter as it traces the unlikely romance that begins to develop between two middle-aged "losers." The setting is a walk-up apartment on Manhattan's West Side where, as the curtain rises, Frankie (a waitress) and Johnny (a short-order cook who works in the same restaurant) are discovered in bed. It is their first encounter, after having met several weeks ago on the job, and Frankie is hopeful that Johnny will now put on his clothes and depart, so she can return to her usual routine of watching TV and eating ice cream. But Johnny, a compulsive talker (and romantic), has other ideas. He is convinced that he loves Frankie, a notion that she, at first, considers to be ridiculous. She has had more disappointments than delights in life, and he is the veteran of one broken marriage already. And neither of them is in the bloom of youth. Yet out of their sometimes touching, sometimes hilarious interplay the promise of a relationship beyond a "one-night stand" does begin to emerge and, as the lights dim, the two are back in bed again, but this time side-by-side, holding hands before the glowing television screen.