Reviewed by Tony Annicone
Walpole Footlighters last show of their 94th season is “Lucky Stiff” by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty which is based on “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” by Michael Butterworth. This musical is a zany, offbeat and funny, murder mystery farce about an unassuming English shoe salesman who is forced to take the corpse of his recently murdered Atlantic City gambler uncle on a week long cruise to Monte Carlo. Should he succeed Harry Witherspoon stands to inherit six million dollars. If he doesn’t succeed the money would go to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn. The proceedings are sheer lunacy as Harry comes up against his uncle’s insanely jealous and legally blind mistress, her much put-upon optometrist brother and Annabel Glick, an overly zealous representative from the Universal Dog Home determined to see Harry’s money “go to the dogs.” The show is directed by Dan Delaporta who infuses his cast with high energy with marvelous musical direction by Dan Moore and some inventive and fun choreography by Lisa Kelliher. Their combined efforts leave you rolling in the aisles with laughter.
