What I liked
Convincing cast working within the framework of a “well-made play.”
What I didn't like
Smooth out the transitions between LONG periods apart, which strain credulity.
My overall impression
A Hetero couple, married to others but meeting periodically, spoofs social trends as years pass and they mature. SAME TIME NEXT YEAR was a career peak for Ellen Burstyn 40 years ago (!), so why shouldn’t the same framework be appropriated for a Gay version? Now it has been, by a trio of showbiz pros! It doesn’t fit a Gay couple quite as smoothly, because there’s a lot more at stake for them (including a brush with life-or-death AIDS), and a decade between meetings seems too artificial. The first act is the strongest (and could be a stand-alone one-act), but as their lives progress there are tears AND laughs in almost equal measure. The two stars, TERRY RAY (also the playwright) and KEVIN SCOTT ALLEN, are excellent—-they’ve had a lot of experience with this show prior to the HFF. And they’re NOT Shy!
