Life with Father
Written by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by Rip Claassen
Produced by American Century Theater
Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson

Think nostalgic, archetypical family structure with father firmly ensconced as lord of the manor, early American style, exquisite furnishings, resplendent couture, a phalanx of maids each duty-bound and hell-bent on pleasing the master, and a fawning wife catering to his every whim.  Then add the truly uniquely American twist of almost imperceptible power shift, where the fawning wife is the actual power broker with Dad oblivious to the actual running of things, so that everybody gets the joke but him, and you’ve got the set-up for family comedies from the early drawing rooms and parlors to the stage, to 21^st century jet-setting sitcoms. [Read more...]