The Good Parts
by Israel Horovitz

Name: The Good Parts
Brand: Israel Horovitz
SKU: 9780822204640

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90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings Comedy

Synopsis

THE STORY: Brian Levine and Eugene Jacoby, two New York lawyers and lifelong friends, are restive under the constraints of careers, family responsibilities and approaching middle age, and decide to have a last fling by escaping to Greece, and, hopefully, romance and adventure.

Brian is also determined to fulfill a cherished dream: When he was a young boy he was cast as “Electra” in a school play, but stage fright caused him to panic and flee the theatre.

Now he wants to make amends by speaking the lines at the Acropolis in the moonlight.

To do this Brian and Eugene have to break into the grounds of the Acropolis, whereupon their troubles mount when they fear that they may have accidentally killed a guard, and have to go “underground” in Athens (without being able to speak the language).

Meanwhile their long-suffering wives appear on the scene, adding to the farcical and very funny complications which multiply delightfully until all is set right in the end.

Press Reviews

"This zany farce follows the hilarious misfortunes of two lifelong pals who try to resolve their midlife crises by abandoning their careers and families and fleeing to romantic Greece. “Some delicious comedy results.” —The Hollywood Reporter. “…at times both touching and diverting…” —Village Voice. “…Horovitz is an uncommonly graceful writer."
— New York Post