Las Quiero a las Dos (I Want Them Both) presented by Teatro de la Luna at Gunston Arts Center

Las Quiero a las Dos (I Want Them Both)

Gunston Arts Center
2700 S. Lang Street Arlington

During times of economic crisis… there are also marriage crises. A husband packs to run off with his lover. His wife locks him in while she waits for “the other one” to arrive to unleash a scandal. This delicious comedy uses the classic love triangle as the base for an intelligent theatrical game that examines a failure to communicate, the freedom of man and the problem when people want no ties, social or legal.

Presented by Teatro de la Luna

Thru - Jun 2, 2012

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 3:00pm & 8:00pm

Price: $25-$35

Show Type: Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 30 mins with no intermission

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Las Quiero a las Dos (I Want Them Both) Reviews

Average Rating based on 4 reviews

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Washington Post - Recommended

"... Arredondo Justiniano’s interpretation of Julia can seem a little hammy (early in the show, the character flops on the sofa, fakes sleep, then surreptitiously opens one bulging eye to spy on her husband). Pereyra’s Miguel has an aptly flummoxed air. The production brightens a good deal when Karen Morales-Chacana waltzes on as the willful and exceptionally glamorous Isabel, clad in boots, leggings and a hot-pink blouse. (Rosita Becker and Nucky Walder devised the show’s costumes; Marcel designed the middle-class-apartment set.)"

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- Celia Wren

DC Theater Arts - Recommended

"... The bright blue walls and bold geometric shapes of Mario Marcel’s set for Las Quiero A Las Dos giveita heightened,almost cartoonish feel, which proves fitting for Teatro de la Luna’s hundred-minute romantic farce. Marcel’s staging of Ricardo Talesnik’s award-winning Argentinian play feels like a cross between a telenovella and an episode of I Love Lucy, but the slapstick humor ultimately doesn’t justify the trite and conventional story."

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- Katie Elizabeth Quinn

Washington Examiner - Highly Recommended

"...Cannily directed by Mario Marcel, "Las Quiero" starts off going fast, then continues to gain momentum, barreling ahead until the play's last moment. And although its characters are ordinary people, the play incorporates extreme examples of absurdity and silly behavior in order to make its points about how irrational and outrageous human nature can be."

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- Barbara Mackay

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

Ricardo Talesnik is the Neil Simon of Hispanic Theatre. But look out, Talesnik’s humor can throw you off-guard. A multi-award-winner for Argentine television comedies and for Las Quero a las Dos, which has been staged in New York and adapted as a movie, Talesnik explores conflict and pain in human relationships in a matchless way. He provokes us to ponder why loyalty, honesty and communication in marriage are so important.

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- Rosalind Lacy

Las Quiero a las Dos (I Want Them Both) presented by Teatro de la Luna at Gunston Arts Center