"…immensely entertaining, a richly comic affirmation of everything I've ever heard, or suspected, about the bad behavior that good food can inspire."NY Times
"…hilarious and touching, gallops along at a swift, almost frantic pace."Time Out New York
"… [a] sparkling one-man tour de force…very funny and very believable…"NY Post
With forty wildly diverse characters played by a single knockout performer, this devastatingly funny play follows a day in the life of Sam Peliczowski, an out-of-work actor who mans the red-hot reservation line at Manhattan's number-one restaurant. Coercion, threats, bribes, histrionics—a cast of desperate callers will stop at nothing in their zeal to land a prime reservation, or the right table.
Below: Matthew David Gellin as Sam (and about 40 other people)
Amid the barrage, Sam's got his own needs to contend with—his recently widowed dad wants him home for Christmas, and he's up for a choice part at Lincoln Center. While juggling scheming socialites, name-dropping wannabes, fickle celebrities and egomaniacal bosses, can he manage to look out for himself?