MY MEMORY:  We had created a tradition at The Play House of producing big, classic comedies for the Holiday season. I wanted the show's beginning to feel like going to the movies back in the 1930s (as the review below describes). I had a great company including Bob Phillips, designing his third set for me, and our friend Evan Pappas returning to The Play House for the third time. 

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A first-rate production! If you like '30s screwball comedy films, you will like this show.  Director Roger Danforth takes us on a nostalgia trip into movieland, starting with a Betty Boop cartoon, a newsreel, and opening credits.

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The comedy unfurls with deft precision on designer Bob Phillips's hilariously Art Deco set. Much of the show's energy comes from Evan Pappas and Jonathan Bustle, a pair of writers, effervescent clowns given to scams and practical jokes, [who] work as a comedy team.

Jane Krakowski is delicious as Susie, blue eyes big as Betty Boop's and a voice like lemon creams. The scene where she and Rodney (James Ludwig) meet soars into comic bliss. -- Cleveland Plain Dealer