REVIEW: A.R. Gurney's LATER LIFE at the Adobe Theatre

As I previewed last week, Later Life describes the meeting of a man and woman who had met briefly many years before on the Isle of Capri--only this time at a cocktail party in Boston, also attended by five other couples. In this play, written by A.R. Gurney, all these others are performed by just two actors, Kate Chavez and Richard Boehler, who portray their different roles very effectively--in fact, hilariously funny--with disguised voices, appearance, and mannerisms.
The principal characters are played by Dave McDowell and Lori Stewart, whose acting is so good that you feel as though you are actuallt eavesdropping on their conversations, while they reminisce on old times and contemplate a future life together--hence the title, Later Life.
This is a most entertaning play, both in script as well as the acting, and runs weekends all this month at the Adobe, 9813 Fourth NW. That's a few blocks north of Alameda. The number for tickets and information is 898-9222.
- Ravin' Richard, broadcast live on KKIM on 7/11/07.