| Lancette Arts Journal Founded in 2000 |
Theater Reviews |
September 2005 |
Come Blow Your Horn
by Neil Simon at Theatre Aquarius until Oct. 8, 2005
By Alidė Kohlhaas
Come Blow Your Horn, Neil Simon's first smash hit on stage, never quite had the appeal of the movie version. In Norman Lear's hands, the thin play turned into a likeable film with Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb, Molly Picon, Jill St. John and Barbara Rush in various parts. It was a fun movie that brought a bit of needed North American silliness to an expat living in London.
Now, many years later, Theatre Aquarius in Hamilton has opened its 33rd season with this sliver of Neil Simon fluff, which cannot hide that this is the playwright's first effort. Still, despite its flaws, this production has its funny moments and provides an audience with enough chuckles to entertain it.
Simon set his play in 1961 Manhattan, where all of the action takes place in the apartment of Alan Baker. He is a swinger who has escaped the clutches of his Brooklyn family for the good life. Richard Quesnel has a firm grip on the part, which in the film was played by Blue Eyes Sinatra.
Alan is joined by his 21-year-old brother Buddy (Julian Wright), who has decided to strike out on his own with the reluctant blessing of the mother (Robin Craig), but not his father (Avery Saltzman). Now it is up to Alan to teach . . .
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