White's Lies
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 6, 2010
Closed Jun 13, 2010
Opened May 6, 2010
Closed Jun 13, 2010
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Running Time:
1hr. 45min.
(includes 1 intermission)
1hr. 45min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Joe White's got it all. He's handsome, he's charming, he's got a great career & a killer smile that manages to land him a different girl every night. But all that changes when his mother drops a bombshell on him: she's got cancer & her dying wish is to have a grandchild. With his bachelorhood threatened, Joe is faced with a choice. He could give up his womanizing ways and find a nice girl to settle down and have kids with... OR... he could convince his bitter, angry ex-girlfriend from college - who just happens to have a daughter in her early twenties - to pretend that her daughter is his daughter. As their tangled web of lies unravels, Joe and company find themselves on a hilarious journey full of unexpected twists and turns that will have you looking at cancer and commitment in a whole new way!
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
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Not To Be Missed!
Although the script is founded upon the usual formulas denoting "farce," I found Whites Lies to be whole-heartedly entertaining. The cast is spectacular, especially Jimmy Ray Bennett and Rena Strober. They portray multiple characters and add an unexpected touch of personal flavor to an already appealing fragrance. Christy Carlson Romano brings life to a character integral to audience acceptance in order for the show to succeed as remarkably well as it does! Hopefully Whites Lies will have a long run. Its a "breath of fresh air" for Off-Broadways relatively stale offerings to date.
Reviewed by Sandhillwings
on Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
RE:White's Lies
This is a really formulaic farce type of play this is very hard to pull off successfully and needs exact timing to have a real comic effect. Timing was definitely missing last night. Unfortunatey, at this stage, the actors are struggling with very uneven dialogue and have to resort to facial and physical jerks and ticks to get their laughs. Some of the actors looked a bit lost and seemed to wonder what they were doing there. The play is far too long and the joke is exhausted well before the final curtain.
Tighten it up, reduce it to one act, get the timing right and it could be an amusing evening. The actors did their best but, as often happens, poor material is hard to work with.
Reviewed by MACNBOB
on Tuesday, Apr 13th, 2010
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Can you think of a single more potent laugh-killer than the word "cancer"? Every time it crops up in Ben Andron's new comedy, White's Lies at New World Stages, you can feel the script's humor curdle, in spite of the committed work of an extremely stellar cast.
The specter of the "C" word is how a cranky, manipulative mother -- played by the legendary Betty Buckley -- tries to convince her son, successful lawyer Joe White (played by TV favorite Tuc Watkins, whose role calls for a lot of pec-flexing), to give her a grandchild. And while the audience will find themselves laughing at the script's funnier bits, it's hard for them to root for either of these characters, especially since Joe is so[...]