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Provincetown :: Wednesday, February 8th 2012
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Dalglish Comedy Premiere
Like Father, Like Son
By Sue Harrison
August 15th, 2010
Even the most infrequent summer visitor knows Provincetown as the place to go for drag shows, cabaret acts, comedy reviews and musicals (often involving naked performers.) But this August marks the opening of a theatrical production Provincetown hasn't seen in a while -- a romantic comedy. The show, "Like Father, Like Son," offers something for audiences looking for a little drama, a little comedy and a little sex.
| The central theme, though not heavy handed, is men and their relationships with their fathers and what happens to them when they become fathers. |
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Written and directed by Jim Dalglish, an award-winning playwright who has seen a more than a dozen of his plays produced in Provincetown, the show follows the adventures of four men as they celebrate Gay Pride during Boston's annual festival. The characters first appeared in a short play and Dalglish says he was just curious what happened to them later and wrote this play to find out.
The central theme, though not heavy handed, is men and their relationships with their fathers and what happens to them when they become fathers.
|  David McCarron. |
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The characters are "Teddy," a studious college freshman whose father has decided to come out of the closet -- with a bang; Teddy's sexually insatiable roommate "Bucky," a quarterback with a YouTube video that catches the star athlete performing some pretty fancy passes; and "Geoffrey," a doctor who finds himself partnerless after adopting an extraordinarily cantankerous infant. Set in and around Boston, the play explores the sometimes fraught landscape of father/son relationships in a humorous, wry and insightful way that will keep audiences both emotionally engaged and laughing.
"Bucky" is played by Brandon Chinn. "Ted" is Mark Meehan and "Teddy" is rendered by David A. McCarron. "Geoffrey" is played by Tony Travostino. Michael Eisenstein is the fight coach.
Mark Meehan is one of the founding members of the rock band Space Pussy and has performed in a half-dozen Ryan Landry productions. He is currently also playing the male lead in Landry’s “The Gulls.” David McCarron is an alumnus of Harwich Junior Theater. Dalglish says he wrote this part for him. Tony Travostino has played in several of Dalglish’s plays. He'll be traveling up from New York to play the role of "Geoffrey." Brandon Chinn is also coming up from New York. A recent graduate of Brown University's acting program.
"Like Father, Like Son" runs August 7 - 16 (Saturdays - Mondays) and August 18 - September 5 (Wednesdays - Sundays) at the new Counter Productions Studio located under Ross' Grill in Whalers Wharf at 237 Commercial Street in Provincetown. All shows start at 8:30 pm. Tickets are $22-$25. To make reservations call the Counter Productions Box Office at (508) 413-1000 or Theatermania.com at (866) 811-4111.
Online reservations can be made at www.velvethammer.org or www.theatremania.com.
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