Sideways at The Cumberland Theatre

By Rex Pickett

This show placed 2nd in our Audience Choice vote for 2023. A wine-tasting road trip to salute the final days of bachelorhood careens woefully sideways as two friends hit the gas en route to mid-life crises. The comically mismatched pair, who share little more than their history and a heady blend of failed potential and fading youth, soon find themselves drowning in wine and women. Emerging from a haze of Pinot Noir, wistful yearnings, and trepidation about the future, the two inevitably collide with reality. Adapted by Pickett from his novel, which also spawned the 2004 hit movie starring Paul Giamatti.