Danny and the Deep Blue Sea

Phoenix Theatre San Francisco
414 Mason St. San Francisco

Two dispirited loners afraid of love meet in a rundown bar in the Bronx. Gritty romance and dark comedy ensue in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by Oscar- and Pulitzer Prize- winner John Patrick Shanley (Moonstruck, Doubt). Danny is a brooding young man who resorts to violence before reason. Roberta is a divorced, guilt-ridden young woman whose troubled teenage son is being cared for by her parents. Together, they form what The New York Times calls "the very dark side of Nicolas Cage and Cher in Moonstruck." Savor the salty story that first brought the outrageously gifted Shanley to the attention of theatergoers some 30 years ago. Estelle Piper directs a bold new production of perhaps the only romantic comedy subtitled "An Apache Dance" at the Phoenix Theater.