Joseph Bologna

Lovers and Other Strangers Joseph Bologna

Five Comedies

Characters: 6 male, 6 female

4 interior sets.

A hit on Broadway and later on film, this edition includes the popular sequence Hal and Cathy created for the film and played by Gig Young and Anne Jackson. The other stories include Brenda and Jerry in a planned seduction gone wrong. Johnny and Wilma have been married so long that they can't remember who starts what. With Mike and Susan, on the eve their wedding, he's getting cold feet and she must gently talk him down the aisle. In the last, Bea, Frank, Richie and Joan, a long-married couple who have fought for over thirty years try to save their son's marriage by confessing to their own failures.

"A lot of smiles as well as genuine belly laughs."-N. Y. Times

"Realistic and observant.... sketch[es] a character with a few strokes."-N. Y. Post

"Very funny and engaging."-Wall Street Journal