The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told and Mr. Charles, Currently of Palm Beach

by Paul Rudnick

The first act recounts the "true" Biblicial couple, Adam and Steve, their fall from grace because of Adam's curiosity, and eventually meeting another couple, Jane and Mabel. Together, they survive a hilarious recounting of the Great Flood, and an even more hilarious recounting of a rather effemiente Pharoah refusing to let his "people" go because of his infatuation with the Moses/Brad character. Brilliant. The second act plucks these people out of the Old Testament, and places them in modern day New York City, at a Christmas party thrown by Adam and Steve. The transition is seemless, due to Rudnick's ability to make it funny and believable. Rudnick leaves no stereotype unturned, from gay Santas to go-go boy elves, to a Public Access wheelchair bound lesbian rabbi (I'm not kidding) who steals the act. I rarely laugh outloud when reading a book, but I had tears in my eyes reading the second act. Excellent comedic writing!

Genres: Plays, LGBT, Theatre, Drama

Hardcover

First published July 1, 2000

Reviews

[Fish · Rating 2 out of 5]

They lost me when they started having sex with humanoid animals on the ark.

[Kathleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Literally one of my favorite plays of all time.