Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys
May 1-4 & 8-11, 2008
Thu & Fri @ 7:30 pm, Sat & Sun @ 4:00 pm
(note - no Saturday evening shows, only matinees)
“Both Pace and Mathews shine as … the kings of comedy.”
Jared Curtis, Cityview
(full review - adobe pdf)
“Humor, irony from ‘Sunshine Boys’ light the stage”
Michael Morain, Des Moines Register
(full review - adobe pdf)
“Rich rays of talent flood ‘Sunshine’ stage”
John Busbee, KFMG 99.1 FM’s “The Culture Buzz”
(full review - adobe pdf)
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Listen to the John Busbee’s Culture Buzz inteview (KFMG 99.1FM) with stars Mike Pace, Steve Mathews and director Mike Cornelison online!
Mike Pace and Steve Mathews hit the boards together,
for the first time,in CHANGE’s production of Neil Simon’s comedy
The Sunshine Boys May 1-4 & 8-11
Theater … for a CHANGE (CHANGE) is excited to announce that Mike ‘Mr. Lottery’ Pace and Steve ‘man of a thousand voices’ Mathews to ‘yuck it up’ in Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys at Grand View College Viking Theatre, 2811 E 14th St, Des Moines. Shows are May 1-4 & May 8-11, Thu & Fri @ 7:30 pm and Sat & Sun @ 4:00 pm. Pace and Mathews have worked together for many years – including years as KIOA Good Guys (in the AM days of radio) and later as partners of The Radio Garage – but The Sunshine Boys marks their first time performing on stage!
Buy your tickets online at IowaTIX.com.
Pace and Mathews star as legendary vaudevillian comedy duo Lewis & Clark who performed on stage, screen and television for forty-three years under the moniker “The Sunshine Boys”. Willie Clark resents Al Lewis for walking out on the team immediately after performing on the Ed Sullivan Show, forcing Clark into retirement. Now, it’s eleven years later and CBS is inviting the “Boys” to reunite for a special on the history of comedy, with the pair representing the vaudeville era at its best. Septuagenarian Clark is convinced by his nephew Ben, who is also his agent, to revive Lewis & Clark’s signature routine “The Doctor Will See You Now” one last time. Can the two, who haven’t spoken in twelve years, come back together for one last time without killing one another?
The Sunshine Boys is pure Neil Simon – quick comedic “set-up and knock-down” dialogue and sympathetic snapshots of these two men take the audience for a thrilling rollercoaster ride from curtain up until curtain call. Directed by veteran stage/screen actor Michael Cornelison (director, Neil Simon’s Laughter on the 23rd Floor, 2007 CHANGE) - the cast features John Robinson (CAUCUS: The Musical) as Ben Silverman, and includes Brendan Dunphy (The Lieutenant of Inishmore), Tammy Brice, and Roni Dixon.
