It helps that the WHAT actors are appealing, especially Winslow Corbett, whose sprightly yet intense kewpie-doll Samantha is, well, fabuloso. Joseph Fuqua’s hyperbolic grandstander of an Arthur is a whirl of posturing and positive reinforcement. He may be engaged in his boyish way to Samantha, but his heart belongs to Teddy. The scene in which Teddy finally finds the gumption to tell him that he and his mate must vamoose from the Garden is strangely touching, what with Fuqua’s lips a-tremble as he asks to put his head in the parental lap. Elizabeth Atkeson brings a purring, quizzical charm to the mostly sensible Kate. And in the difficult role of Teddy, a hangdog Ramsey Faragallah does what he can to marry zaniness to lack of Zoloft.
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