Eve Plumb and Manual Herrara Photo © 2010 Carol Rosegg A Little Advice from a Grown Up Jan Brady
By Lauren Yarger
Miss Abigail offers advice on love to a ready-for-fun audience (the bar is open…) downstairs at Sophia’s Restaurant in New York, but it turns out she might need some tips herself, in this tongue-in-cheek, rollicking production from the pen of director and producer Ken Davenport (Sarah Saltzberg co-writes), and starring Eve Plumb (a.k.a. Jan Brady on TV’s The Brady Bunch.
Plumb is the drive behind the show’s charm. She delivers her lines with expert comedic timing and a panache you might not be expecting from the Brady sister who always seemed to get overshadowed by wonderful Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! (a photo of Jan in a black wig in one of the Brady’s Bunch’s well-known shows brings a bunch of laughter). Miss Abigail, surrounded by the hundreds of books she’s read on love, dating and marriage, offers her advice to the audience while fielding hotline calls from high-profile celebrities phoning for advice about their love lives (Hilary Noxon designs the set).
Dressed in a sharp looking suit I’d like in my closet (Abbi Stern, design), she’s assisted by Paco (Manuel Herrera), her Mexican sidekick. Miss Abigail is so busy giving advice and bringing audience members up on stage to discuss things like “How to Flirt,” “How to Kiss” and “Where to go on a Date,” she misses some obvious signs that Paco is interested in more than a working relationship with her.
The show, based on the book by Abigail Grotke, is silly, sometimes borders on crass, and of course has to have an obligatory political statement – this one about illegal immigration and the border fence (why do all shows and films feel it is necessary to throw these statements in scripts these days?), but overall, it’s an enjoyable 90 minutes of entertainment. And Plumb is really good. Eve, Eve, Eve!
Sophia’s is at 221 west 46th St., NYC. For tickets, call 877-964-7722.
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By Lauren Yarger
Miss Abigail offers advice on love to a ready-for-fun audience (the bar is open…) downstairs at Sophia’s Restaurant in New York, but it turns out she might need some tips herself, in this tongue-in-cheek, rollicking production from the pen of director and producer Ken Davenport (Sarah Saltzberg co-writes), and starring Eve Plumb (a.k.a. Jan Brady on TV’s The Brady Bunch.
Plumb is the drive behind the show’s charm. She delivers her lines with expert comedic timing and a panache you might not be expecting from the Brady sister who always seemed to get overshadowed by wonderful Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! (a photo of Jan in a black wig in one of the Brady’s Bunch’s well-known shows brings a bunch of laughter). Miss Abigail, surrounded by the hundreds of books she’s read on love, dating and marriage, offers her advice to the audience while fielding hotline calls from high-profile celebrities phoning for advice about their love lives (Hilary Noxon designs the set).
Dressed in a sharp looking suit I’d like in my closet (Abbi Stern, design), she’s assisted by Paco (Manuel Herrera), her Mexican sidekick. Miss Abigail is so busy giving advice and bringing audience members up on stage to discuss things like “How to Flirt,” “How to Kiss” and “Where to go on a Date,” she misses some obvious signs that Paco is interested in more than a working relationship with her.
The show, based on the book by Abigail Grotke, is silly, sometimes borders on crass, and of course has to have an obligatory political statement – this one about illegal immigration and the border fence (why do all shows and films feel it is necessary to throw these statements in scripts these days?), but overall, it’s an enjoyable 90 minutes of entertainment. And Plumb is really good. Eve, Eve, Eve!
Sophia’s is at 221 west 46th St., NYC. For tickets, call 877-964-7722.
Christians might also like to know:
• Sexual dialogue
• A film about how to have sex contains some scantily clad women.
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