Repertory’s Boeing Boeing bounces on stage

MANILA, Philippines - Repertory Philippines’ 46th season opens with three unbelievably gorgeous girls in Boeing Boeing, the ultimate in high-flying comedy.

Giannina Ocampo is lovely as the Sophia Loren-ish Italian Gabriella, Carla Dunareanu is outlandish as the über German Gretchen and Jen Bianco is lusty as the American Gloria. In their figure-hugging stewardess uniforms, high heels and jaunty hats, they are sure to bring us back to the time when men fantasized about airhostesses.

As international flight attendants for different airlines, the three have different flight schedules coming in and out of Paris. This works out to the advantage of Bernard, an American architect based in the city, who learns to juggle their timetables so that he can carry on engagements with all three beautiful ladies. All this to the consternation of his faithful housekeeper, who also has to juggle décor and cuisine to suit the tastes of the German beauty, Italian enchantress and American dream girl.

Bernard boasts of his shenanigans to an old classmate who comes to visit. Unfortunately, just then, a faster Boeing jet is introduced, turning the timetables topsy-turvy and causing a collision course between Bernard and his fiancées, friend and housekeeper.

David Bianco is athletic playboy Bernard, while Topper Fabregas is Robert, Bernard’s boyhood friend, newly-arrived from Wisconsin. Rounding off the cast is stage veteran and multi-awarded actress Baby Barredo as Bertha, the housekeeper, with stage stalwart Joy Virata as alternate.

Winner of the 2008 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Revival of a Play, Boeing Boeing (by Marc Camoletti and translated from the original ’60s set French play by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans) is directed by Miguel Faustmann.

Boeing Boeing is showing on Feb. 16, 8 p.m. at Onstage, 2/F, Greenbelt 1, Paseo de Roxas cor. Legazpi St., Makati City.

Tickets are priced at P1,000, P800 and P500.

For details, call 0932-8885688.