You already know what a huge fan I am of the Russell family: Director Val, director/actor/all round Capitol Theatre magician Tim and their actor daughter Lauren. On May 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 and 9 two of them will be bring you a play that will glue you to your seat. Tim is directing Lauren and Beau Andrew Dixon in what is hailed as “a truly hysterical play, in both the funny and the crazy sense of the word. Set in South Philadelphia, this award-winning "dram-edy" revolves around Rose and Cliff, two half-crazy people searching for love in a world gone mad.”
Hypersensitive Rose is haunted by her past and obsessed by destruction. She has compassion for everything--from the chair she rescued from the curbside to the dead cactus she won't throw out, because, as she says hopefully, "You never know."
Rose works behind the candy counter of the five-and-dime, and dreams of true love and how she'll meet a man one day who doesn't smoke, drink, curse or make fun of her, a guy "with a smile you can hang onto," someone she can speak to "without words."
Instead, she encounters the fast-talking, wise-cracking Cliff, a transcontinental truck driver waiting for his rig to be repaired, who wanders into her store looking for some wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am action. He’s a beer-swilling, wannabe parachute jumper who mocks Rose, her dilapidated apartment and her antiquated value system, even as he tries to seduce her.
Despite their seeming incompatibility this odd couple is drawn together by a mutual fear of commitment and by a longing for love. While Cliff is perplexed by Rose's anachronistic oversensitivity and her love of poetry, he senses he can trust her. And while Rose is repelled by Cliff's vulgarity, she respects his desire for "life before death" and his way of laughing off the everyday tragedies.
It’s a must see and you’ll wish it wouldn’t end. Call the Capitol box office for $25 tickets – 905.885.1071. Show times are 8:00 pm with a matinee at 2:00 on the 3rd.
Cheers.........Selena
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