uMike Schraeder (photo: Julie Ann Arbiter)
Lone Star , a one-act comedy by the late James McLure (1951 - 2011) is making a limited return visit to New York courtesy of the Contemporary Theatre of Dallas. It has been thirty-five years since the rowdy, funny play first appeared in a double bill on Broadway, at that time with another McLure opus Pvt. Wars .
Although the plays received enthusiastic reviews, McLure's paired plays about rural Texans in 1974 failed to draw enough ticket-buyers to survive beyond two months. Since then, Lone Star, along with another of his one-act-ers Laundry & Bourbon, has been making the rounds of regional theaters, with those in Texas notably receptive. New Jersey got on board in 1980, when Lone Star and Laundry & Bourbon, under the umbrella title 1959 Pink Thunderbird , was presented at the McCarter Theatre.
It won't be easy, but you should make an effort to survive the tedium of the curtain-raiser Laundry & Bourbon . In it, Elizabeth (Marianne Galloway) is not having a good day. The AC is on the fritz and it's beastly hot on her front porch where she is attempting to make some headway with a huge basketful of laundry ready for folding. She is, however, depressed because her husband Roy, an unsettled Vietnam veteran has been A.O.L. from their home for two days along with his 1959 Pink Thunderbird. To read the entire review please go to:http://curtainup.com/lonestarny14.html
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