Pre-show cocktail parties highlght 1950s at Little Lake
Jane Joseph
Lindsey Bowes, Jane Joseph, Rebekah Hukill, Teresa Madden Harrold and Mary Brodland
May 28-30; June 4-7, 11-13
‘The Best of Everything’
“Mad Men” meets mayhem as Little Lake Theatre Company presents “The Best of Everything.” Based on Rona Jaffe’s novel of the same name, the play is set in Manhattan and centers on the women in a 1950s-era secretarial pool at Fabian Publishing as they navigate career ambitions and romantic adventures.
The production also officially marks Roxy MtJoy’s directorial debut after taking the helm as artistic director at Little Lake. “It’s reminiscent of ‘Mad Men’ but funnier – it’s light and frothy but with some serious bite, so it has a little bit of everything for our audiences,” MtJoy said. MtJoy adds that patrons should pay particular attention to the men at the Christmas office party who are tall, dark and handsome, but kind of stiff. “They may as well be made of cardboard.”
MtJoy wants audiences to feel as if they’ve been transported back to the early 1950s – from the women’s hairstyles to the music, complete with the politics (both office and sexual) that harken back to a half-century ago.
Little Lake invites patrons to join them before each performance when doors open at 6:30 for a ’50s-style cocktail party, featuring some of the same gin and scotch-based cocktails and desserts that the characters will partake in throughout the play (a mixologist was even consulted to help recreate the cocktails from this era!).
The show stars six newcomers and two Little Lake veterans. “The Best of Everything” runs approximately 90 minutes; there will be no intermission.
For tickets, visit www.littlelake.org/box-office/ or call 724-745-6300.