White's Lies is a play written by Ben Andron.
| White's Lies | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Ben Andron |
| Characters | Joe White Alan Mrs. White Michelle Barbara |
| Date premiered | Previews began April 12, 2010 Official opening May 6, 2010 |
| Place premiered | New World Stages, New York City |
The play began preview showings off-Broadway on April 12, 2010 and officially opened on May 6, 2010. Initial reviews were mixed;[1] the New York Times called it a "crass, charmless vehicle" that "plays like an episode of How I Met Your Mother that would be killed in the writers’ room."[2] while Entertainment Weekly gave it a C rating and said it was "the other kind of bad play — the one that's so ridiculous that you can't help giggling at the gaping, craterlike holes in the story and the cliché-spouting characters running around Manhattan in incredibly fabulous, incredibly impractical, incredibly expensive shoes."[3]
The show closed on June 13, 2010 after 26 previews and 46 regular performances.[1]
Synopsis
editSome guys are scared stiff at the prospect of settling down, getting married, having kids...and Joe White is no exception. He’s a divorce lawyer, representing one of his many ex-girlfriends, and above all else, he’s a bachelor who wouldn’t have it any other way. So when his mother desperately wants him to start a family, he’ll do the next best thing: make one up. What could go wrong?[4]
Original cast
edit- Tuc Watkins as Joe White
- Peter Scolari as Alan
- Betty Buckley as Mrs. White
- Christy Carlson Romano as Michelle
- Jimmy Ray Bennett as Men
- Andrea Grano as Barbara
- Rena Strober as Women
- Josh Davis understudy
References
edit- ^ a b "New Comedy White's Lies to Close June 13". playbill.com. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
- ^ David Rooney (2010-05-11). "Theater Review - 'White's Lies' - At New World Stages, a Scramble to Produce a Grandchild". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
- ^ Melissa Rose Bernardo (2010-05-06). "White's Lies". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
- ^ "About the Show". whitesliesonstage.com. Retrieved 2010-07-08.