PLAY WEDS ROMANCE, LAUGHTER : THE FACTS.Byline: Victoria Giraud Special to the Daily News Is there still hope for some excitement and renewed interest when a marriage is 23 years old? ``Weekend Comedy,'' now on the boards at Stage Door, explores just that and offers up lots of laughs in the process. Frank and Peggy have rented a cabin in the Catskill Mountains Catskill Mountains, dissected plateau of the Appalachian Mt. system, SE N.Y., W of the Hudson River. This glaciated region, wooded and rolling, with deep gorges and many waterfalls, is drained by the headstreams of the Delaware River and by Esopus, Schoharie, for a Memorial Day weekend getaway in hopes of renewing some interest in each other - at least that's what Peggy (a classy class·y adj. class·i·er, class·i·est Informal Highly stylish; elegant. class  i·ness n. performance by Audrey Wishnick Greenberg) has in mind. Frank, a delectable role for Mike Monteleone, is an unromantic worry-wart - reliable, but set in his ways. ``All we can do is eat and have sex,'' he says with chagrin, looking at his wife in her sexy red negligee. Just when Peggy has enticed Frank enough to consider some marital bliss, another couple shows up claiming that they've rented the cabin. Tony (an appealing David Druxman) and Jill (the beguiling Gina Lyn Ippolito) are a stylish, upscale young couple in their 20s who are visiting their favorite getaway to celebrate three years of living together. An argument ensues, with Frank and Peggy winning out since they got there first. Graciously gra·cious adj. 1. Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy. 2. Characterized by tact and propriety: responded to the insult with gracious humor. 3. but typically, Frank volunteers the reluctant Peggy's cooking and invites the young couple for dinner, and the ground is set for some hilarious sparring spar 1 n. 1. Nautical A wooden or metal pole, such as a boom, yard, or bowsprit, used to support sails and rigging. 2. A usually metal pole used as part of a crane or derrick. 3. the rest of the play. The contrasts between the couples bring out the best and worst in each. The men, fighting like stallions, want to prove themselves right in the age-old battle of young vs. old. Frank, who considers himself a self-made man self-made man n → hombre que ha triunfado por su propio esfuerzo self-made man n → self-made man m self-made man n → , feels threatened by the youthful, romantic duo and is quick to criticize crit·i·cize v. crit·i·cized, crit·i·ciz·ing, crit·i·ciz·es v.tr. 1. To find fault with: criticized the decision as unrealistic. See Usage Note at critique. Tony for his Porsche and his job in the family business. Jill apologizes for Tony: ``He had a terrible childhood; his parents gave him everything.'' The clash between the four brings enlightenment Enlightenment, term applied to the mainstream of thought of 18th-century Europe and America. Background and Basic Tenets The scientific and intellectual developments of the 17th cent. along the way. WHAT: ``Weekend's Comedy'' by Jeanne and Sam Bobrick. WHEN: 8 p.m. Thursday; 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; through June 21. WHERE: Stage Door, 28311 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills. COST: $9 on Thursday, Friday and Sunday, $11 on Saturdays. Show and dinner on Thursdays at Casa Rea Restaurant next door $14. INFORMATION: (818) 889-5209. |
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