"The Underpants"

Steve Martin's play, "The Underpants," was adapted from a previous script by Carl Sternheim from the 1920's. Martin's adaptation is very good and a whole lot of fun. ACT's cast was hilarious, the jokes, as you might expect, were frequent but never "sitcom obvious." It really was a fun production.

Unfortunately, just before leaving for Seattle, I happened to read the distressing news in the Tribune that the Empty Space Theater had closed. This was somewhat in the back of my mind during the whole experience; as a guy starting a theater, it's somewhat distressing to read about another theater, 35 years old and with its reputation, that was forced to close.

I'll post some reflections on that a little later today.