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Play it Again, Sam - a comedy by Woody Allen
Directed by Geoffrey J. Davidson
May 19 - 22 and May 26 - 29, 2010 at 8:00pm
Matinee on May 22 at 2:00pm
This Broadway-hit play concerns a shy film critic, Allan Felix,
who has trouble with women. He is consumed by movies, particularly
his favorite film of all time, Casablanca, and has just been
through a messy divorce. Unable to deal with this emotional
turmoil, Allan seeks solace in the movies he loves, imagining
Humphrey Bogart has dropped by his apartment to offer him advice
on dealing with the ladies ("Dames are simple. I never met
one that didn't understand a slap in the mouth or a slug from a
forty-five"). Helping Allan meet new women are his good
friends Dick and Linda Christie. They fix him up with a succession
of dates, all of which end disastrously because of Allan's
nervousness and insecurity. Finally, Allan realizes that he has
been spending more time with Linda than anyone else and he is
becoming attracted to her - she's the only woman he truly feels
comfortable around. Linda proves unexpectedly receptive to Allan's
advances, since Dick's workaholic ways leave Linda neglected and
ignored. However, as she is married to Dick, their relationship is
ultimately doomed, just as it was for Rick (Bogart) and Ilsa in
Casablanca.
Poster
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