Friday, May 22, 2009
Uncategorized Roll up the red carpet for And the Winner Is
Posted by Curt Holman @Curt_Holman on Fri, May 22, 2009 at 5:06 PM
You can almost hear the drum roll in the title And the Winner Is, as if author Mitch Albom means to create a sense of anticipation about the play’s collision of the afterlife and the Academy Awards. The comedy’s true winner isn’t any of Albom’s characters, or the artists at Stage Door Players’ production, but the playwright himself. A sports journalist turned runaway best-seller thanks to his memoir Tuesdays With Morrie, Albom has achieved the level of literary fame that can turn shoddy work into a hot property.
And the Winner Is depicts pampered movie star Tyler Johnes (one-time Creative Loafing intern Gabriel Dean) upon his arrival, pantsless and confused, at what appears to be an alcohol-free Irish pub. Tyler spends less time figuring out his predicament than he does obsessing over the impending Academy Awards ceremony, since he’s a nominee for Best Supporting Actor. His companion, elderly Seamus (Kevin Dougherty), only gradually convinces Tyler that he’s actually dead and consigned to a celestial waiting room. Flashbacks and post-mortem loopholes reveal Tyler’s callous, career-oriented life on Earth, including his French-accented agent (Luis Hernandez) and the long-suffering wife, Sheri (Shayne Kohout), he dumped after hitting the big time.
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