The Portuguese Kid
by John Patrick Shanley

Name: The Portuguese Kid
Brand: John Patrick Shanley
SKU: 9780822238485
Rating: 3 (11 reviews)

The Portuguese Kid Book Cover — The Portuguese Kid Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

Unit Set/Multiple SettingsAmerican Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers love the humor and witty dialogue in the play. The characters are praised for their engaging interactions, making the experience enjoyable. Many appreciate the satisfying conclusion and how all hints throughout the story are resolved.

Incredibly funnyWitty dialogueEngaging charactersNone noted

Synopsis

In Providence, Rhode Island, habitually widowed Atalanta pays a visit to her second-rate lawyer, Barry Dragonetti.

Intending to settle her latest husband’s affairs, this larger-than-life Greek tightwad quickly becomes a nightmare for her cheesy, self-aggrandizing attorney.

Add Barry’s impossible Croatian mother, a dash of politics, and a couple of opportunistic young lovers, and you have in hand a recipe for comic combustion.

ThemesInterpersonal relations Interpersonal relations--Drama PS3569.H3337 P67 2018

Press Reviews

"The funniest new comedy I’ve reviewed since…well, maybe ever…I don’t know when I last saw another stage comedy that was funny right from the top, or one whose last scene was so unmanipulatively touching…To laugh this hard for that long is downright therapeutic.” —Wall Street Journal. “…uproariously entertaining…Shanley’s jokes are deliciously funny…THE PORTUGUESE KID makes for a wildly entertaining couple of hours of whip-smart banter…” —Entertainment Weekly. “[Shanley] returns to his quirky comedy roots…this one’s quite a hoot…one of the most hysterical opening scenes ever to grace a New York stage…You will laugh—of that I have no doubt!"
— NY1