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They're advertised as "short plays for summer's short attention span," but
Pick-Up 6's one-acts aren't short enough. One in the Oven suffers from poor
southern accents, two unsympathetic characters, and an unappealing plot
centered on a marriage ruined by alcohol and promiscuity. The actors in
Mashed Potatoes stumble on their words, look awkward onstage, and are
terribly inconsistent in their use of props-there are potatoes in the pan,
but the milk in the carton is imaginary. In Where the Sun Don't Shine, a
couple comes together thanks to the girl's pregnancy-with someone else's
baby. The duo isn't half-bad, and the worst part of their play when we
attended wasn't their fault-someone's cell phone rang backstage. Thankfully,
The Husband Brokers is refreshingly intelligent. It's set in a future when
women are forced to use brokers to find themselves the perfect male
counterpart. And you thought finding an apartment was difficult.
-- ELLEN CARPENTER
Theater et
al/Sage Entertainment
Written by Ann Warren, Nancy Greening, Brian Rogers,
Elaine Berman, Denis LaBreche, and Paul Joseph Gulino; directed by Jennifer
Brainsky, Nancy Greening, Elaine Berman, and Brenna Thomas.
Where:
CSV-Milagro
Theater, 107 Suffolk St.
When:
8/15 at 7:45pm, 8/17 at 7pm, 8/20 at 7:15pm.
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