Great review for Skip's one-act at 59E59, even though mixed for the whole production:
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937984.html?categoryid=33&cs=1Terrence McNally and Skip Kennon's lovely little musical comedy "Plaisir D'Amour," which makes excellent use of "Avenue Q" vet Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Ruth and Jonathan C. Kaplan as her partner Sam. It feels odd to call a 30-minute show an extravaganza, but that's the most fitting word. ...
But the prize goes, no contest, to "Plaisir D'Amour," mostly because of the amazing synchronization of all its disparate elements. It's not any one song that makes the brief show (really a mini-opera) such a treat. It's lyrics like Sam's internal "Go up and chat with her; be charming and be chipper," while Ruth thinks "He could just be a lieder-loving Jack the Ripper" underneath the strains of the singer (Rita Harvey) they're both pretending to listen to, crooning in French about the pleasures of love. Sam finally overcomes his shyness, by the way, with a gentlemanly "You have great tits."
That's most of what you need to know about "Summer Shorts," and maybe short play festivals in general. This one, like most others, will disappoint you, it will annoy you by wasting your time, and when you're just about fed up, it will knock your socks off."
