Romance (Joselovitz)

It's baseball time at Yankee Stadium for Sam and Barney. Sam is an aging actor with nothing to show for it but a soap opera contract and the sad bits and pieces of failed relationships. Barney-- the father of teenagers in a jumble of confusing transitions faces the ball and chain of a tenured professorship. Being forty is tough. Along comes Barney's wife's cousin. As the season progresses, Sam stumbles toward wedlock and Barney reaches a reaffirmation. This optimistic view of the hardships and rewards of marriage creates a free flowing play of humor and wonderment. In Four One Act Plays by Ernest Joselovitz,