SLY FOX
The premise–“there’s no bottom to greed”–is sitcom simple. That’s appropriate since Gelbart was yukmaster for MAS*H and City of Angels. The dazzling script is decorated with puns, wisecracks, and vaudeville one-liners and two-liners (“I want to prefer charges!” “Which charges do you prefer?”).
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The Bowen Park Theatre Company, a professional troupe from Waukegan, makes a welcome, rambunctious Chicago debut. Mark Heller’s witty staging wholeheartedly mines the play’s many laughs. You can’t ask for more.
At this point Jonson exposes Volpone; lawyer Voltore turns on him. But Gelbart prefers a quieter resolution: Able wants to outfox his mentor, and Sly, wanting to watch his victims squirm one more time, stupidly provides him the perfect opportunity. But Sly hasn’t run out of ruses. Nor has Gelbart.
