On the
day that many were glued to the TV to
watch the royal “perfect wedding” between Prince Henry and Meghan Markle, I ventured to
a hilarious “not so perfect wedding” at the CLO Cabaret . In Perfect Wedding the groom wakes up
next to a stranger on the day of his nuptials and he has no idea who she is! A
Perfect Wedding is a romantic comedy where whatever could go wrong does go
wrong but it spite of it all, everyone finds love.
Refection
Very few of us can say that everything
“ran like clock work” on their wedding day. I remember that on my big day, we
forgot to pick up the church flowers.
Michael Greer and Julia Geisler |
In Perfect Wedding the laughs start with the groom’s (Michael Greer) reaction to finding a beautiful stranger, Judy (Julia Geisler), in
his bed. He latter learns that she is his best man’s (Tim McGeever) girlfriend.
The laughs keep coming as the tangled web grows even wider as the characters attempt “to fix the mess”
and keep the bride (Hope Anthony) happy on her wedding day.
Michael Greer (Groom), Julianne Avolio (Maid) and Tim McGeever (Best Man) |
Then enters the hotel maid (Julianne Avolio), who is used as a pawn in the groom’s and best man’s scheme to keep the secret. Avolio’s animated character gives us continued punches of laughter in this Abbott and Costello's Who’s On First like comedy moment. Of course the mother of the bride (Christine Laitta) adds to the confusion. All of these animated characters hold their own in this production which also gives us doses of hilarious physical comedy action.
Julianne Avolio (Mother), Hope Anthony (Bride) and Tim McGeeever (Best Man) |
A Perfect Wedding is non stop laughter and good clean fun with a happily ever after ending. This show reminds us that even though we all desire to have that perfect wedding to match our desire for a perfect love, a not so perfect wedding or even a not so perfect life, can still end blissfully!
A Perfect
Wedding at the CLO Cabaret runs from May 10-August 12, 2018.
For tickets go to Pittsburghclo.org or TrustArts.org.
Pittsburgh CLO