Menage a Quatre @ DAVIDSON/VALENTINI THEATRE

Photo credit is Frank Ishman.

Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA

Gone are the days of yore when sex farces frolicked across the theatrical landscape like so many smarmy bunnies, slamming doors and likely featuring partial nudity, if one lived in a part of the country that didn’t frown upon such things. ’Twas truly a golden age, when… Oh, wait – most of these plays were terrible. There’s a reason they’re seldom produced anymore. Peter Lefcourt’s Menage a Quatre, however, is an exception to this rule. It is about sex, but it’s also about love and friendship and the difficulty of forgiveness. It’s quite funny, but it isn’t a farce. The world premiere production at the Davidson/Valentini Theatre at the Los Angeles LGBT Center is a clever and well-acted comedy that finds humor and conflict in the aftermath of infidelity. Read more…