by Neil Simon

16 - 25 September 2010

This is one of Neil Simon’s earlier works – and still one of his funniest. In a cascade of witty quips and snappy ripostes, there is a laugh in nearly every line. The story centres on the Bratters, a pair of newlywed New Yorkers who move into an apartment six floors up – an agonising climb for everyone but young wife Corrie who is thrilled with her first home. Husband Paul, a rather serious rising lawyer, is not so amused. Neither is Corrie’s mother, a widow with a bad back and a nervous disposition, who is even more nervous when she meets the Bratters’ eccentric European neighbour, Velasco. After a night out with him, the Bratters have their first stand-up row and Corrie accuses Paul of being a stuffed shirt who would never do anything so crazy as to walk barefoot in the park. Meanwhile, her mother has to find out how she lost all her clothes when she passed out in Velasco’s apartment and Paul decides to walk on the wild side to prove his love for Corrie. Naturally, it all ends happily. But you’ll still be laughing on the way out of the theatre.

The Miller Centre Box Office reopens on 31 August