Other People's Money

Mind your pockets - Larry the Liquidator is coming to town

Comments (0) By Lee Williams Thursday, Apr 8 2010

The title to Jerry Sterner's 1988 play - Other People's Money -sounds like the theme song for the American economy these days. But Sterner's comic play chronicles the machinations of Larry the Liquidator, a corporate raider who finds companies worth more dead than alive, then buys them up just to sell them off in bits and pieces.

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According to Mimi Holloway, the show's director, the plot and dialogue are very current. "It's about greed, money and passion," Holloway tells us. "It's a small town, and if the company closes, it pretty much destroys the town. So it's not just a fight for profits, it's a fight for the workers." As serious as that sounds, the show has lots of humor. "And there's a subplot," Holloway says. "Larry is attracted to the lawyer hired to defend the company." Money, greed and the hots for opposing counsel? Yeah, this could get a little messy. 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. April 18. Through May 1. Theatre Southwest, 8944-A Clarkcrest. For information, call 713-661-9505 or visit www.theatresouthwest.org. $15.
Fridays, Saturdays. Starts: April 9. Continues through May 1, 2010