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This evening I went with friends to see the new production of Garson Kanin's play Born Yesterday with James Belushi, Robert Sean Leonard, and Nina Arianda. Somehow we landed in the front row, which in many shows I'd hate but in this case was just dandy.
Firs thing to be aware of is that it's dated and no one under a certain age will "get" it unless they're familiar with the movie, with Judy Holiday, Broderick Crawford, and William Holdan. I think I saw it a looooong time ago. If I did see it I sure don't remember that it was very much about politics and corruption.
A self-made rich thug is trying to bribe his way into Washington politics just after WW II. His dizzy blonde girlfriend is the typical dumb blonde until he hires a reporter to whip her into shape so that she won't embarrass him among congressmen and their wives.
Leonard is no Holden--in looks or charm, unfortunately, but Arianda was fabulous and so was Belushi.
Firs thing to be aware of is that it's dated and no one under a certain age will "get" it unless they're familiar with the movie, with Judy Holiday, Broderick Crawford, and William Holdan. I think I saw it a looooong time ago. If I did see it I sure don't remember that it was very much about politics and corruption.
A self-made rich thug is trying to bribe his way into Washington politics just after WW II. His dizzy blonde girlfriend is the typical dumb blonde until he hires a reporter to whip her into shape so that she won't embarrass him among congressmen and their wives.
Leonard is no Holden--in looks or charm, unfortunately, but Arianda was fabulous and so was Belushi.
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