Photo Flash: Off Broadway Hit Comedy DADDY ISSUES Makes Boca Raton Premiere
By: A.A. Cristi Jan. 23, 2019
The Off Broadway hit DADDY ISSUES, written and directed by David Goldyn, makes its South Florida debut at the Willow Theatre in Boca Raton (300 S. Military Trail) and runs from March 1 through 10. Fridays at 8; Saturdays at 2 and 8; and Sundays at 3 pm. For tickets go to willowtheatre.org or call 561-347-3941. Tickets also available at the theatre box office.
David Goldyn's off Broadway comedy DADDY ISSUES was nominated for Best Off Broadway Play at Broadway World in 2017. In New York it was hailed as "hilarious and heartfelt" (Michael Musto) and the Huffington Post proclaimed it "a frothy whipped dessert of a show."
Seth Kubersky at The Orlando Weekly called the Florida premiere of DADDY ISSUES in 2018, "the rare snappy play
The play: How far will a gay guy go to please his parents?
DADDY ISSUES centers on Donald Moscowitz, (Elijah Pearson) an openly gay actor living in New York City in 1982. His overbearing Jewish parents (Fran Friedman and Harry Redlich) know he's gay but that doesn't stop them from demanding a grandchild. When Donald learns that Grandma Moscowitz (Vicki Klein) will double his inheritance if he produces a grandchild, he enlists the help of the ten-year old kid from downstairs (Michael Salvanto) to play his son from an experimental tryst he had in college. His two best friends Henrietta (Del Marerro) and Levi (Jesus Reyna), a drag star from the village, fight over who will play the birth mother. When Mom and Dad show up what could go wrong?
Playwright David Goldyn ran Fort Lauderdale's Rising Action Theatre for seven years. David left to pursue writing and he left Rising Action Theatre In the capable hands of Andy Rogow. Andy reinvented it as Island City Stage. Since leaving Rising Action Theatre, David has written two full length plays-the off Broadway Hit Daddy Issues, The Manufacturers Daughter (which may come to the Willow Next Year) and the upcoming film Black Jack at the Moulin Rouge (blackjackatthemoulinrouge.com). He was Associate Producer on Broadway's Honeymoon in Vegas.
Photo Credit: George Wentzler
Jesus Reyna, Elijah Pearson, Del Marerro
Vicki Klein, Michael Salvanto, Fran Friedman
Jesus Reyna, Michael Salvanto, Elijas Pearson, Del Marerro
Harry Redlick, Elijah Pearson, Michael Salvanto, Fran Friedman
Harry Redlick, Elijah Pearson, Fran Friedman
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