It’s a battle of the sexes in John Patrick Shanley’s (Pulitzer Prize Doubt/Oscar Moonstruck) latest comedy about love, which he also directed at Manhattan Theater Club. The comedy is based somewhere on the Greek story of the Princess Atalanta who promises she’ll marry anyone who can outrun her, but no one can until goddess Aphrodite plays a trick on her. What makes it most intriguing is the line up of star power on that small stage. It’s silly, wacky but you gotta laugh even if you don’t want to! This is really far reaching for the likes of Shanley.

The play takes place in Providence, R.I. as the spicy, larger than life Greek widow Atalanta Lagana (a seductive, chic and delightful Sherie Rene Scott) comes calling on her old friend and lawyer Barry Dragonetti (Jason Alexander) to handle the estate of her second recently deceased foot surgeon husband (also long time friend of …

From Theater Pizzazz review by Sandi Durell. Click here for the complete review.