BAD DATES coming to AGL...!!!

"And then I realize, in this sort of strange, hallucinatory moment, that the bug guy is looking kind of good, and the things he's saying about bugs are really kind of fascinating and it is then that I realized that maybe it has been too long since I've been on a date."

--So confesses a single mother and self-described restaurant idiot-savant named Hayley in this thoroughly charming and slyly sweet one-woman play by the author of The Butterfly Collection and Spike Heels. This idiosyncratic journey of self-discovery involving the Romanian mob, a Buddhist rainstorm, a teenage daughter, shoes, and a few very bad dates comes to Lexington for the first time in a not-to-be missed production!

So I got to watch a run through of our upcoming production of Theresa Rebeck's very funny play Bad Dates and I was mesmerized. A solo play is an incredibly tricky thing to pull off because so much of it depends on the talent, skill and charisma of the single actor onstage...well, let me tell you, our single actor, the immensely talented Leslie Beatty, is UN-FREAKIN'-BELIEVABLE... and in every sense of the word, is giving a SINGULAR performance.

She has a resume a mile long and the talent to match it and in her hands, the character of Hayley, our storyteller for the evening, comes to vivid life right before your eyes. The performance Leslie gave on Tuesday, in a rehearsal hall with no technical elements involved, using mostly rehearsal props and with zero costume changes, was already close to a fully realized performance. We could charge money to watch her rehearse!

So if you are looking for a fun night out on the town, come to AGL beginning March 20 and see this play that has been described as "Bridget Jones's Diary meets Sex and the City", with the Romanian Mob thrown in for good measure. I also found Leslie's performance and the way she attacks Rebeck's dialogue to be reminiscent of Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore on The Gilmore Girls...and Hayley's offstage daughter sounds very much like Rory...

BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, COME AND SEE IT FOR YOURSELF!!

For tickets or more information, contact the LexArts Box Office at 859-225-0370...

BAD DATES will run March 20 -- April 5 at the Downtown Arts Center, 141 E Main Street in Lexington...

I look forward to seeing you at the theatre!

Peace and Love

Rick St. Peter