Slice of life
Playwright Marshall stages his latest big ‘Cheese’
A playwright’s work is never finished — at least not for Garry Marshall.
Marshall, 74, began working on “Everybody Say ‘Cheese!’” some 43 years ago. Four decades later, he’s still futzing with it.
Just last week, the creator of “Happy Days,” co-creator of “Laverne & Shirley” and director of the hit films “Pretty Woman” and “Beaches” added new dialogue for the second preview performance of the comedy, which is having its West Coast premiere at his Falcon Theatre in Burbank. And there probably will be more changes before the play opens today.
The reason for the changes, he explains, “is sometimes you’ve got to see it (on stage). I think the thing that is most helpful for me in writing is not to lock in” to a line.
The comedy, set in 1965, revolves around Leo (Joe Regalbuto) and Harriet Keenan (DeeDee Rescher), a couple married for 30 years and living in a lower-class Bronx apartment. Now that their two daughters have left the nest, Harriet wants something more in life. And then Harriet decides she wants a divorce.•
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