Theater Review – October 8, 2017

ATC’S “CHAPTER TWO” RAISES OLD, LESS VIABLE ISSUES

“CHAPTER TWO”
Arizona Theatre Company, Center Stage, Herberger Theater Center
Phoenix, AZ

Arizona Theatre Company opens its 51st season with Neil Simon’s autobiographical “Chapter Two” that raises lots of issues.  Far from Simon’s best play, the 1977 “dramedy” has a smattering of Simon’s renowned but predictable jokes resulting in some raucous laugh moments.  There are several gaps, though, where tediously slow plot and character development result in boredom.  The only other positive is that “Chapter Two” pushed comedies to include a tad of plot substance that resulted from interesting characters.

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