REVIEW CONTRIBUTED BY: Scott Mauro
Almost Maine, the delightful new comedy enjoying its Los Angeles premiere at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, is the best advertisement for our country's northern most state that any chamber of commerce could hope for. Playwright John Cariani, who grew up in rural Maine, has set us down in the land of long winters and big sky where cupid and his arrow are working overtime.
Four actors play 19 characters who are either looking for love, flirting with love or re-discovering love in this anthology of vignettes that examines the joy and heartache of romance. In one scene, a woman named Glory comes to see the northern lights so she can say good-bye to her husband as he's carried off to heaven. She clings desperately to a bag containing the splintered remains of her shattered heart. Before dying, her cheating husband broke it, leaving her to pick up the pieces… incapable of returning love. Enter Eastern, the guy whose backyard she's in—who grabs away the bag each time he sweeps her into his arms for a kiss.Almost Maine runs through March 9 at the Colony Theatre in Burbank. Ticket prices frange from $37 - $42 and can be purchased by calling 818-558-7000 ext. 15 or at the box office, located at 555 North Third Street in Burbank.
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