Mariette Hartley in New Comedy In The Wings at the Whitefire Theatre
Whitefire Theatre (13500 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
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The last date listed for In The Wings was Sunday June 1, 2008 / 3:00pm (Closing Night).
22 Goldstar Member Reviews
Dean
First rate acting in a Sherman Oaks hole-in-the-wall by Mariette Hartley and her famiy and friends. This sort of venue could only work thanks to the internet and Goldstar.Written on May 26 2008
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eileen dietz
I loved this play. It is funny from the moment the stage manager in this play within a play walks on stage to the moment at the end when he walks off. Mariette Hartley with her dry humor is a gem and the little girl who played the ingenue, I understand with 2 days notice, was a diamond in the rought, terrific. All the actors are fabulous including Will Shaub who I went to see. I also liked this play cause along with being very funny its really about something which is the lack of fertility and trying to get pregnant with hormones and sonagrams and stuff. Yeah go see it before it closes. You won't be sorry.Written on May 12 2008
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Gadabout
Absolutely excruciating. There are no stakes or honest dramatic action until the end. The play doesn't know if its a comedy or drama but is stuffed with lame and embarrasing one liners. The audience doesn't care about anyone, as we don't know whether they're being themselves or "actors" at any given moment and infertility is not a great subject to joke about. I have the greatest respect for Mariette Hartley and loved her one woman show at the Whitefire. However, I just think she wasn't objective about her husband's play. It has no business being on stage and needs a LOT of work.Written on Apr 14 2008
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Eve Holmes
It is a play within a play and the actors were very good. Funny and touching at the same time.Written on Apr 14 2008
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Quotes & Highlights
- "In the Wings delivers delicious, witty self-deprecation. Wisdom without pomposity, insight without whining. Deeply comic, comically deep." --KCSN-FM
- "Passionately written from the heart… the theatrical egos, adlibs, power trips, rewrites, and heated debates are explosive in the play within a play." --Tolucan Times
- "The 'in' jokes and snappy commentary about relationships keep this play bright and snappy." --Van Nuys News Press
Description
In The Wings is a fast-paced play-with-in-a-play. It opens with a rehearsal two weeks before previews. The set hasn't arrived, the stage manager has had it with the dysfunctional cast, the TV star is sleeping with the novice, the veteran is calling Actors Equity and the play doesn't have an ending. The action takes place over one rehearsal in which the audience witnesses the unraveling of a cast, the breakdown of hierarchy and the near demise of a loving marriage.
By Jerry Sroka
Directed by Don Eitner
Jerry Sroka's first play, Dying for Laughs, co-written with John Fleming, was a Los Angeles Times Critic's Choice. It ran for nine months at the Santa Monica Playhouse and was published by Samuel French. As an actor, Sroka appeared in Godspell in Boston, New York and in the film version; as Touchstone in As You Like It at BAM; in Charles Grodin's One of the All Time Greats; Garson Kanin's Dreyfus In Rehearsal; and, most recently, in a five month run of The '60s at PRT with Mariette Hartley. Jerry's credits include numerous TV episodes, and his voice can be heard on "Antz," "Rugrats, "Family Guy" and "The Wild Thornberrys."
Don Eitner's most recent directing credits include Elephant Sighs (Third Stage); Mariette Hartley's solo show If You Get to Bethlehem, You've Gone Too Far (Whitefire Theatre); Diary of a Madman (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble); Darlingissima (Santa Barbara Center Theatre); and The 1940s Radio Hour (Fullerton Civic Light Opera). Over the last four decades he has directed scores of productions, two of which were made into films; "Sofi" (based on "Diary of a Madman") was named Best Film at the Atlanta Film Festival and star Tom Troupe garnered the award for Best Actor. Don was the founder and artistic director of American Theatre Arts Conservatory Theatre in Hollywood, where he produced the world premieres of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Gin Game and the critically acclaimed Devour the Snow, which he also directed and which went on to Broadway.
Mariette Hartley is an Emmy Award winner, five-time nominess and bestselling author. Most recently, her Broadway credits include Ancestral Voices at Lincoln Center and Cabaret at Studio 54. Her award-winning one-woman show, If You Get to Bethlehem, You've Gone Too Far, is based on her bestselling book, Breaking the Silence. Film credits include Sam Peckinpaugh's first film, "Ride the High Country," Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie," "Skyjacked" with Charlton Heston and "Improper Channels" opposite Alan Arkin. She has starred in more than 300 TV shows, including "Twilight Zone," "Star Trek," "MASH" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." She's currently playing Courtney Cox's mother on the FX series "Dirt."