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A Review by Tony Annicone
Newport Playhouse’s current show is Londos D’Arrigo’s “Harris Cashes Out.” The author is a Canadian writer who for over thirty years wrote hard-hitting laughs for comedy icons such as Phyllis Diller, Lily Tomlin and Joan Rivers. Forty years ago, a composer named Harris Wellborn wrote “Passing Fancy”, an off-Broadway musical. Sadly, it closed after just…
Read MoreBy VIVIAN DeGAIN
The Oakland Press Jan. 14, 2014 Meadow Brook Theatre may be 650 miles away from New York City, but the phrase “Off Broadway” fits perfectly for MBT this month, and the world premiere of its current production “Harris Cashes Out!” Written by Londos D’Arrigo, “Harris Cashes Out!” is a comedy of perspectives about Harris Wellborn,…
Read MoreGavin MacLeod Captain Stubing on “The Love Boat”
Dear Londos, Just finished “Harris Cashes Out!” and I’m still laughing at the sparkling dialogue and the ingenuity of your script. Harris Wellborn is fascinating in with such an acerbic wit, that would be fun to play him. Your play is a winner! Incidentally, I think it would make a wonderful film also. Good luck with…
Read MoreBy Rob and Gayle Suggs
For The Crier Tough times may be here, but with Dunwoody’s Stage Door Players, the show must go on. These are actually heady days for the theater, hosting the national premier of a hot new comedy, “Spreading It Around.” Judging by the audience response on opening night—a laughter tsunami and a standing ovation—tickets will be…
Read MoreBy John Quinn
Critics, by nature, are not a creative lot. Thus we go poking through theater programs and press releases looking for information we can crib, like lazy school kids, and turn into useful copy. How thoughtful of Travis W. Walter, director of Londos D’Arrigo’s family comedy “Spreading It Around” to include some quotes on the nature…
Read MorePublishers’ Feature Service
Sometimes one of the local small companies puts on a show that just knocks your socks off, and this is certainly one of them. Playwright Londos D’Arrigo has been around for a while and written for acts such as Phyllis Diller, Lily Tomlin and Joan Rivers. And; I have to figure that although he is from Ontario that…
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