Meteor Showeris a very funny play.
What it is not, however, is a substantial play.
In the confident hands of writer and comedy maestro Steve Martin, the premise is polished to sparkling.
Credit: Matthew Murphy
Meteors are coming, enthuses Gerald.
Strangers from out of the blue.
They remind me of me!
Adds Laura: You should be aware that everything reminds him of him.
Key and Benanti meet the challenge of having to play constructs, not real people.
They exist to needle their hosts, a perfectly valid purpose, given Schumer and Shamoss hysterical reactions.
Asked, Arent you glad youre not a man?
Schumers Corky replies, Oh, so relieved.
I couldnt stand all the advantages.
That is as close as the show comes to grazing topicality.
The comedy is not in service of a message any deeper than that marriage is challenging and strange.
But even as it hurdles towards its abrupt, if sentimental, ending,Meteor Showerburns brightly with laughs.B+
