Cynthia Harris

The Lucky One

The Lucky One

In 1922, Alan Alexander (A. A.) Milne’s The Lucky One was originally produced in New York. Milne is best known for his children stories about a good-natured teddy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, and his friendship with a boy, Christopher Robin (named after Milne's son). Before the extraordinary success of Winnie-the-Pooh, Milne had published three novels and 18 plays. Two of them, Mr. Pim Passes By and The Truth About Blayds, the Mint Theater Company has previously resurrected.

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In Relative Distress

In Relative Distress

Charles Busch’s fizzy new work, The Tribute Artist, is really light summer fare, but since it has shown up to make this brutal winter a lot cheerier for a couple of hours, who’s going to complain? In his latest outing, Busch, who usually plays female characters, is Jimmy Nichols, a gay drag performer—or, as Jimmy prefers, “tribute artist”—who has been canned from his longtime job at a Las Vegas revue. The solid comedy he has constructed is rather like Charley’s Aunt for the 21st century, with nods to Arsenic and Old Lace and Weekend at Bernie’s.

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