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‘The Comeback’ Review: London’s New Heartwarming Hit, Stopped in Its Tracks by Theater Closure
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variety.comDavid Benedict A Hollywood director unexpectedly pops into an English regional theater to see a show. The actors get wind of his presence, thereby unleashing a chaotic, show-stealing performance of one-upmanship.
That was Ken Russell’s framing device when he famously turned Sandy Wilson’s sweet but archaic musical comedy “The Boy Friend” into a fitfully inspired, often wildly self-indulgent 1971 MGM movie musical.
It’s also the plot of the new West End play “The Comeback” — but the similarities end there between Russell’s juddering flop and this deliriously funny and gloriously well-played comedy.Writer-performers Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen easefully play young whippersnappers “Ben” and “Alex,” a struggling double-act booked as the warm-up.
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