Sean Owens...That man is funny with a capital Ph!
From the bill:
Interwoven with implicit understandings and unspoken bonds, BREECHES is both eloquent and elusive: from a courtship between Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty (The Game's Afoot) to a wedding groomsman “taking it in the apse” (Double Windsor), these six short plays and seven songs, presented as a tautly wound and subtly seamless night of theatre, conspire to create moments outside of time in which everything-- and everyone-- is up for grabs. Thus, cruise ships and game shows become courses in tactical (and tactile) advantage, and even old Macbeth gets a long-awaited makeover (The Candidate).
The songwriting team of Owens & Seaver (Girlesque, Lady of the 'Loin and Cora's Christmas Corral) are more prolific and prophetic than ever, with songs that slide into the hidden pockets of pursuit and passion. Self-evident titles like "I'd Do Nancy Drew" and "Love Between Two Proper Gentlemen" stand alongside a tango-beat polemic on contemporary dating rituals ("Mixed Signals"), and some open-ended questions about opening up relationships ("Exception To The Rule"). Even in the altogether, BREECHES is altogether a revealing night of theatre.
Oh goodie!
So, for Breeches, would opening the show be considered pulling back the curtain or opening the fly?
Either way, I can't wait for what comes out.
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