For a night of laugh out loud moments, take in Jeeves Takes a Bow, an adaptation of the series by PG. Wodehouse appearing at the First Folio Theater. It is an entertaining play which allows audience members to get lost in the debauchery of the 1930’s prohibition era of speak easies and doing what is “expected.” The show is a continuation of a series that began in 2010 at the converted church on the Mayslake Peabody Estate.
In this episode, we find Bertie Wooster, a London man about town, and ever deadpan and insightful butler, Jeeves, taking residence in the bustling metropolis of Manhattan
Binky has fallen in love with the leading lady, Ruby LeRoy, but his pursuit is hampered by the fact that she is under the protection of bootlegger Knuckles McCann. In an effort to find ways to see her, he introduces Bertie to her under his own name, and tells her that he and Jeeves are famous English songwriters. But the arrival of the austere Vivienne Duckworth a close friend of Bertie’s ever hovering Aunt Vivienne is bent on writing an expose of the seamy side of Prohibition-era New York City, after of course experiencing it all first had, who threatens to undermine all.
Jim McCance and Christian Gray reprise their roles as Jeeves and Bertie. McCance gets deadpan delivery dead on and portrays Jeeves as one would expect him to be. Gray’s Bertie is more debonair and entertaining as he helps to clear his name as well as assist Binky in his own lovelife. As Binky, Kevin McKillip, is a master of the hysterical laugh and expertly panics when unsure of how to solve this conundrum. A complimentary cast of outstanding actors make the most of the adventure in the Manhattan Wooster
