Don't Dress for Dinner 2012
Opened: April 26, 2012Closing: June 17, 2012
Don't Dress for Dinner - 2012 Broadway History , Info & More
Todd Haimes Theatre (Broadway)
229 W. 42nd St. New York, NY
Marc Camoletti's Don't Dress for Dinner is the wildly funny sequel to the Broadway hit Boeing-Boeing. Bernard's plans for a romantic rendezvous with his mistress are complete with a gourmet caterer and an alibi courtesy of his friend, Robert. But when Bernard's wife learns that Robert will be visiting for the weekend, she decides to stay in town for a surprise tryst of her own... setting the stage for a collision course of hidden identities and outrageous infidelities. The cook is Suzette, the lover is Suzanne, the friend is bewildered, the wife is suspicious, the husband is losing his mind and everyone is guaranteed a good time at this hilarious romp through the French countryside.
Don't Dress For Dinner opened in Paris in 1987, under the original title Pajamas Pour Six, and ran for over two years. Robert Hawdon's adaptation of the original French play premiered in London at the Apollo Theatre in 1991 and ran for six years.
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Theater Review: 'Don't Dress for Dinner'
2 / 10
There are two new farces now on Broadway. Oddly enough, both revolve around dinner scenes. While one of them is hilarious, the other is as painful as a tooth pulling. 'One Man, Two Guvnors,' Richard Bean's giddy update of the commedia dell'arte classic 'The Servant of Two Masters,' is one. The other is Marc Cameletti's 'Don't Dress for Dinner,' which is now receiving its Broadway premiere following two decades of regional productions, is a derivative and labored sequel to Cameletti's farce 'Boeing-Boeing,' which had a hit Broadway revival four seasons ago...Except for a few visual gags, William Ivey Long's divine costumes and the delightfully quirky Kayden, don't expect any such magic from John Tillinger's dull pedestrian production.
Don't Dress for Dinner
4 / 10
Was it really four years ago that Camoletti’s Boeing-Boeing brought the house down with howls of laughter, with Mark Rylance’s bizarre antics and the sight of color-coordinated stewardesses tumbling in and out of doors? Don’t Dress is technically a sequel, bringing back horny Bernard and comparatively guileless Robert for more girl trouble and elaborate deceptions. But this time, due to an uneven ensemble, uninspired direction and a too talky script, the farcical magic never materializes...You shouldn’t be aware of time passing during a farce. Although individual actors carve out genuinely funny moments—Daniels becomes amusingly flustered, Tilly is sexily brazen, and Kayden wields a dangerous deadpan—you mainly wait for this busy, bland meal to end, so you can get dessert someplace else.
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Don't Dress for Dinner - 2012 Broadway Awards and Nominations
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| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | William Ivey Long |
| 2012 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Spencer Kayden |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | William Ivey Long |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Spencer Kayden |
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