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Mr. 80%
Mr. 80%
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Last Copy!
Author: James Sherman Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (cover may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 62 Pub. Date: 1987 Edition: Acting ISBN-10: 082220780X ISBN-13: 9780822207801 Cast Size: 3 female, 3 male
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About
the Play:
HARD TO FIND BOOK, only a very limited
number of copies are still available.
Mr. 80% is a full-length romantic comedy
by James Sherman. A truly
funny play, this comic romp deals with two decidedly straight young
guys who pretend to be gay in order to share an apartment with a pair
of beautiful young women. Reminiscent of the 1980s sitcoms "Three's Company" or "Bosom Buddies" with its slapstick humour, one-liners and wisecracks, Mr. 80% avoids being too situational and focuses more on the comedy that ensues as the two men, inevitably, find themselves falling in love with their roommates.
MR. 80% tells the story
of Sharon, a no-nonsense young attorney, and Patricia, who is doing
her medical residency. These young ladies advertise for a roommate to
help pay the rent of their New York apartment. After a sour
experience with Sharon's former live-in boyfriend, the two decide to
specify either another woman or a gay male only. Enter Sam and Jan, a
comedy team who move into the apartment. Only they're not gay.
They're just desperate enough for a decent apartment to let the women
think that they're gay. The fact that Sharon and Patricia are
taken in by the ruse leads to a series of hilarious
misunderstandings, made even funnier by the high jinks of the two
attractive (and decidedly straight) young men as they revert from
straight to gay and back again depending on the situation. Mr. 80% centers
on the woes of the single life and dating, and mixes in pithy words of
wisdom on relationships along with the comedic dialogue. How to
work out a happy ending for relationships involving two young women
who have become embittered and suspicious by the perfidy of men in
general; and two young men who, having been so successful in
convincing their roommates that they are gay that they are now hard
pressed to reverse the notion, is a test of the author's ingenuity –
but one which James Sherman meets with lively inventiveness,
nonstop hilarity and, in the end, a redeeming touch of genuine warmth
and humanity.
Mr. 80% premiered in 1986 at
Chicago's Victory Gardens Theatre and
was a long-run critical and
popular success. The
play has been
performed in regional, college, and community theatre
productions.
Cast: 3 female, 3 male
What people say:
"…James Sherman
has whipped up an engaging, entertaining souffle, laced with
one-liners and quick comic turns…." — Chicago
Sun-Times
"…Sherman, once again, has
his finger firmly on the pulse of the zeitgeist in a light and frothy
play that could serve as a time capsule for the 1980s." —
Variety
"The results are hilarious, laughs hitting line after line." — Lerner Newspapers
About the Playwright:
James Sherman is an American playwright who began his
professional career as a writer and performer with The Second City in
Chicago and received an M.F.A. degree from Brandeis University. Since
1986, he has been a Playwright-in-Residence at the Tony Award winning
Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago and he is currently a member of
the Victory Gardens Playwrights Ensemble.
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