‘Catch as Catch Can’ Off Broadway Review: Mia Chung’s Play Examines Racism at the Coffee Klatsch

Keen dialogue and sharp performances lift the early moments of this new play

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"Catch as Catch Can" (Photo: Joan Marcus)

Roberta Lavecchia and Theresa Phelan have so much in common despite the one being Italian Catholic and the other being Irish Catholic. When they have finished gossiping about Diana and Kate and Meghan, they turn their attention stateside to wonder how both their sons ever ended up with Asian women.

As it turns out, Roberta and Theresa are slightly more informed about British royalty than they are about Chinese or Korean vaginas. Are these foreign women really tight? Are they actually horizontal down there? The racial stereotypes bantered about over this particular kitchen table are no less egregious than the ethnic ones regarding the women of Irish and Italian descent presented here on stage.

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