Synopsis
Serious Bizness
Jennifer Allen & David Babcock & Winnie Holzman & Don Perman
Published by Samuel French Inc
2 Male 2 Female
It covers everything from the problems of using the telephone in the age of divestiture, to explaining the origin of babies to some obnoxiously precocious children, to arranging a dinner party for a date by which one of the proposed quests will be - unfortunately - dead
Songs include a bizarre torch song in the style (if not the spirit) of Piaf, a Steve 'n' Eydie style Vegas number and a new wave rendition of "A Bicycle Built for Two"
"Unerring instinct for the heart of the matter.... Downright laughable" ~ N.Y. Times
"As frisky and funny and original as anything in town" ~ New Yorker
"This is a comedy with a master's degree in literacy. Cheers all round" ~ Christian Science Monitor