Kong's Night Out
So this is the one about what I think might have happened in the room NEXT TO the room where the Big Monkey whisked Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) out of the bed on that fateful night in 1933. At this juncture, it's been produced professionally twice, first at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston, and at New Century Theatre in Northampton, Massachusetts. Currently, it's scheduled to be produced at the MeadowBrook Theatre in Michigan early in 2009, featuring Cindy Williams, of TV's LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY. Folks who read it like to refer to it as a farce. I like to refer to it as a comedy, based in spirit on plays like YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU and THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER. Not that this script comes close to the perfection of these wonderful plays, but that's the style. Yeah, the stage description calls for lots of doors but...nah...comedy, not farce. Still, it's loaded with 30's silliness and slapstick, and, I like to think, reverence for its basic topic--the Big Monkey.
Cast:
Myron Seigel--Broadway producer with big dreams. BIG dreams.
Sally Charmaine--Myron's mother, brash and sassy.
Daisy--Myron's niece, fresh off the bus from Buffalo and ready for in "Show Business!"
Little Willie--Myron's henchman with a desire to improve his vocabulary.
Bertrille Seigel--Myron's duplicitous wife.
Sig Higginbottom--Myron's Hungarian/British money man.
Ann Darrow--Yeah, the one from the movie. Sort of.
Carl Denham--Also the one from the movie, except sleazier.
Jack Driscoll--ALSO the one from the movie, but lots dumber.
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PRESS
“Kong’s Night Out will give you two hours of hearty laughter, a visit from an enormous gorilla, and a big smile on your face as you leave the theatre! Laughter abounds in this screwball comedy!”
Boston Metro
“Kong's Night Out offers gigantic laughs! A succulent theatrical treat! Don’t miss this one!”
Patriot Ledgers
“Funny. And sillier than Teletubbies on helium”
Boston Phoenix
“Kong-sized fun and hilarity!”
Bay Windows, Boston
“Monkey business rules in Kong’s Night Out, a rowdy new farce by Jack Neary...a funny play with a future in the regional, or even off-Broadway market!”
Lowell Sun
“Kong’s Night Out is a reason to cheer! From the opening lines of a faux Walter Winchell doing a rapid fire entertainment report to the soaring art deco set, we know we’re firmly in ‘30s screwball comedy territory, with all the machine gun line delivery, borderline corny jokes and slamming doors that entails. The zippy play provides enough chuckles and outright guffaws to warrant other groups across the country to license this screwball comedy and perform it”
Edgeboston.com
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