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SALEM, MASS. What better place for a few Shakespeare puns to get things rolling? Or at least so conclude Joe Mamma (Jonathan Shapiro) and Stan Byerman (Christopher Charron), the slapstick odd couple who guide the more than three-hour production--albeit with intoxicated intermission--to a safe landing Joe and Stan banter about the bard while awaiting death at the hands of the prim. Puritan populace. In the lively opener, the straightlaced settlers musically proclaim that they have "A Lot at Stake," and then get down to the serious business of witch hunting...
...Minnesota, Giselle feels her spirit stir and realizes that she, like the heroine of the ballet Giselle, is destined to haunt her husband. Unfortunately, the escape from her moldering mortal remains requires the simultaneous death of her mother, who wakes up in "a kind of halfway house" to heaven. Mamma has access to a TV set on which she can call up any scene she wishes from her past life;in keeping with the restful atmosphere, an attending angel of mercy wears a nurse's hat just like the ones on General Hospital...
...Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter. Bombeck says it is obvious that the wrong Erma broke into show biz. When her mother, now a lively 73, began to appear with her on talk shows, Bombeck would tell the producers, "Don't worry about Mamma not talking. Worry about her taking over the show...
Students staged several of Kopits's plays, including On the Runway of Life. You Never Know What's Coming Off Next, and Oh, Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad, which went on to become one of his first critical successes...
...young, hip and acerbic without forfeiting involvement in affairs of the heart. Isn't It Romantic examines the lives of two old college chums-Janie Blumberg (Cristine Rose) and Hattie Cornwall (Lisa Banes)-as they approach their 30s and the dangerous prospect of a life without either Mamma or mate...