{"product_id":"9780573699511","title":"Better Late","description":"Comedy\u003cp\u003eCharacters: 3 male, 1 female\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThis play was the recipient of the Selma Melvoin Playwriting Award, given by Northlight Theatre in Chicago, IL.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs \u003cem\u003eBetter Late\u003c\/em\u003e opens, Julian (Nussbaum) is forced to move in with his ex-wife and her new husband in order to recuperate from a sudden illness. With each passing day, the awkward situation spirals further and further out of control.\u003cbr\u003eAs the laughter builds, the question becomes:\u003cbr\u003ehow long will Julian have to stay? This bitingly funny December-December-December romance is a not-to-be-missed new comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBetter Late\u003c\/em\u003e is part a damn-it-all, Mel Brooks-like feast of sardonic one-liners in denial, and part a sad and caustic plea for marital compassionthat could have been penned by an octogenarian\u003cbr\u003eWoody Allen, guiltily regretting one of his failed relationships.\" - \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A breezy entertainment on serious themes,\u003cbr\u003eLarry Gelbart's \u003cem\u003eBetter Late\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eexplores love, divorce, aging and death with a mature sensibility and a decidedly mainstream comedic tone...always diverting and admirably unsentimental.\" - \u003cem\u003eVariety\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samuel French, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49782206234864,"sku":"9780573699511","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780573699511","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}