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...Moon is Blue is back in town with Marcia Henderson, James Young, and Hiram Sherman. This innocent yet witty sex comedy goes on in the Plymouth at 8:30 p.m. Also a 2:30 p.m. matinee today...
Back in Boston for a limited engagement, F. Hugh Herbert's Broadway hit, "The Moon Is Blue," is in capable hands. It has a skillful cast headed by Marcia Henderson, James Young, and Hiram Sherman which rivals in every way the performances of the original production...
...plot of this disarmingly innocent sex comedy is simple enough. It concerns a virtuous young girl who is picked up by an architect atop the Empire State Building. They subsequently go to his apartment, where they are joined by an amiable but immoral neighbor (played by Hiram Sherman with a fraudulent Southern accent) living in an upstairs suite. From there on the presence of the naive and pure young lady in such worldly surroundings is situation enough for Mr. Herbert to spin a clever and funny play which never sags because of its witty conversation...
...Hiram Sherman as the cynical libertine has the best lines in the show, and his underplaying is effective. James Young, the confused young lover, is adequate in a straightforward role. Lester Mack also appears briefly as the girl's high-principled father. He bursts in belligerently, flattens his daughter's suitor, and then returns to the pinochle game backstage...
...RAVENSCROFT Sherman Oaks, Calif...