Abingdon presents

MALLORCA

Abingdon Theatre
312 West 36th St. 6th Floor
NY NY 10018

29 May-21 June 2015

Written by Sheldon Bull
Directed by Donald Brenner

Featuring L.J. Ganser, Brian Russell, Steven Hauck, Rory Scholl, and Lisa Riegel

Imagine Golden Girls as boys in Manhattan. Four guys who are getting on in age (the running gag is a continual need to pee), each fitting a different stereotype, discover that being friends with each other is far more important than any of them realized.

Businessman Stan (a slick L.J. Ganser) is on the edge of his marriage failing. Leo (bundle of nerves Brian Russell) is about to lose his business. Arthur (the delightfully snobby Steven Hauck) is too busy bragging to notice anyone else around him. Holding them all together is their nebbish-y friend Julius (whiny cry-baby Rory Scholl). It would have been nice to see something other than neuroses in Julius to understand why all these busy men would put up with him, but he is really just a gimmick. The heart of the show appears in the second act with the much-needed arrival of some estrogen in the lovely form of Lisa Riegel’s Roberta. Throwing a woman in the mix is just the ticket for emotional revelations and lessons learned.

Written by Sheldon Bull (television writing credits too numerous to mention), the sitcom-ish laughs come fast and furious. There is not a lot of depth, but there is a lot of humor. From modest chuckles to explosive guffaws, MALLORCA is extremely funny.

- Jean Tait -