Swim Shorts 3
If it seems like a total downer to lock yourself up in a dark, dank theater on a summer evening, forget your worries. [The Impetuous Theater Group] revives their idea for cool poolside entertainment with Swim Shorts 3. The Holiday Inn-Midtown may be one of the tackiest hotels left in the city, but after you pass through the flashback lobby and up the rickety elevator to the rooftop pool, you'll forget the feeling of being in Daytona Beach and take in the incredible view of the high-rises on all sides.
But really, this is about the theater, right? The five 10-minute plays in Series A range from cruise ship-style entertainment (Joe the Lifeguard), freshman orientation humor (Forgiveness) and not-so-deep male morality tales (Jettison). Make sure to stick around for the final two. A Proverbial Affair has all the makings of a cliché skit-com, but Jennifer Loryn does her orgasmic best in a sweet and silly love triangle. And Das Eisbar pits the Americans, Russians and Germans against one another in water warfare: a pair of actors paddle behind model submarines and a U-boat and eventually end up playfully splashing around like kids in an oversized bathtub.
OK, maybe its not high culture, so just make sure to have a daiquiri in hand.
Photo by Tony KnightHawk