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In the last issue of NEWS for Our Theatre Library Customers we featured euphoric letters from theatres singing the praises of this popular new revue. Critics and columnists are also chiming in.

Dallas Morning News

Lawson Taitte of the Dallas Morning News was so intrigued by the phenomenalsuccess of two neighboring productions of this delightful show that he wrote a feature article for his paper. We've printed portions of it here.

By Lawson Taitte - Theater Critic

A theater with a hot property usually guards it like a starved dog growling over a fresh bone. But with I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE it's share and share alike for Theatre Three and Fort Worth's Circle Theatre. The musical revue by Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts about relationships has been a major hit for both companies. Theatre Three opened it last summer and then moved the show to its basement. The theater's executive producer-director, Jac Alder, says that income [from I LOVE YOU...] is a major reason his organization has had its best financial year ever. "It's like some small foundation sends us a check," he says. "I've gotten to where I think bringing in some money is a really good thing." But Mr. Alder had no objection when Circle's Rose Pearson wanted to produce the show, too. In fact, the two of them had to persuade the licensing organization, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatre Library, to allow two versions in such close proximity.

Now I LOVE YOU...is doing so well at Circle that the company is looking for a venue where it can continue when the stage is needed for the next play in its season. "We're not too close to Dallas, but we're close enough," says Ms. Pearson, Circle's executive director. "People mostly cross over the county line to see the other version after they've seen the local version and liked it. It has built a real spirit of cooperation between the two theaters. That's the way it should be. We're all in this together." Rights to I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE have been available to professionals outside New York only since December 1999. Since then, it has had 83 productions around the country. Currently, 25 are still on the boards. The original New York production has been going since Aug. 1, 1996, making it the longest-running musical revue in off-Broadway history.

Theatre Three's version has been extended through September 30th and Circle Theatre's version has been extended through August 25th. Because of the long runs, Theatre Three and Circle have had to find extra people to move in and out of the four roles. What is it about I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE that can keep 14 local actors working indefinitely? Mr. Alder says: "This show is about as universal as you can get. It also captures the Zeitgeist, the feeling of the present moment. It's pop in feeling; but right on the nose.

Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News