https://smokeandmirrors.cityofsmoke.com Essays on Theater and the Arts Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:44:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.33 https://smokeandmirrors.cityofsmoke.com/archives/2546 Mon, 26 Oct 1987 21:28:37 +0000 http://smokeandmirrors.cityofsmoke.com/?p=2546 By the time you read this, it will be too late to see “Late Nite Comic,” the second musical of the season to open and close on Broadway. A romantic comedy with music and lyrics by Brian Gari and a book by Allan Knee, “Late Nite Comic” preached the moral that if you have low enough standards you can find true love. The plot revolved around a manifestly untalented young man (Robert LuPone) who aspires to be a standup comedian and the whining, vulgar, and materialistic would-be ballerina (Teresa Tracy) he flirts with one night in the hope of securing Continue reading]]>