Review: 'Boeing, Boeing' by Connecticut Theatre Company

Photo of the cast of 'Boeing, Boeing' by CTC

“So, through some retro humor and farce, let’s remember our past and move forward into the future.” - Johnny Revicki and Duane Campbell

New Britain, CT - Duane Campbell and Johnny Revicki co-directed the play entitled ‘Boeing, Boeing’ at Connecticut Theatre Company in New Britain. In their “Message from the Co-captains,” the two acknowledge the humor of this farce set in the swinging sixties. The duo also discuss the misogyny of the decade and bemoan its treatment of women. They conclude, “The men start this day thinking they’re outsmarting these ladies, using them for their amusement, and yet by the end of the night, all four women end up in a better situation than they had at sunrise. This was a bright spot, a glimmer that at least one man, playwright Marc Camoletti, had his head on straight in the 60s.”

The entire action of the play does indeed take place in one day in the flat of Bernard (played by Steffon Sampson) located near Orly Airport in Paris. An employee of the airport has supplied Bernard with the names of beautiful “air hostesses” and now he has become engaged to three of them. Along with his housekeeper Berthe (played to perfection by Mary Roane,) he must maintain a carefully coordinated schedule to avoid having the three women run into each other at his beautifully decorated apartment. The speed of the newest planes being built by Boeing wreaks havoc on the juggling of the three very different fiancees for both Bernard and his old friend Robert (played ever so well by Damian Dominguez.)

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I am sorry that I wasn’t able to see this fine production in New Britain until the closing weekend, but I was glad that I was able to fit it in. Next up at CTC is ‘Sweeney Todd’ opening on October 14, followed by the return of ‘The Christmas Schooner’ in early December.