Zeitgeist comedy ‘Everything is Okay’ gets world premiere at CPT

 

Bob Abelman

Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal

Member, American Theatre Critics Association

 

If the final episode of the NBC sitcom “Friends” was situated in a bar rather than Central Perk coffee house, revolved around Chandler’s funeral rather than some minor misunderstanding, and was set to music, you’d have “Everything is Okay (and other helpful lies).”

 

This original though fundamentally formulaic work, written and composed by Melissa Crum and Caitlin Lewins, is receiving its world premiere production at Cleveland Public Theatre after being workshopped at CPT’s Test Flight and previewed at its Entry Point new play festival.

 

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