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‘All In: Comedy About Love’ Review: Stars Align on Broadway for Offbeat Tales of Love Connections
“All In” brings a different kind of comedy to the stage and a gentler kind of wit, packaged at a modest length and in a minimalist form.
But the loopiness starts off a bit awkwardly with Maloney narrating in his trademark smoothie style, sans script and standing, a yarn about a genie, a bartender and his 12-inch pianist, a kind of shaggy dog tale that glides into a too-soft landing. Maloney finds his groove in subsequent, sharper stories, with his best turn delivering with Sam Spade snap the tale of the toddler detective on the case of a missing plush toy owned by Baby Zoe from the white bassinet down the hall (Goldsberry). When she asks him about his favorite memory, he recounts, instead of stories from World War IV, the tale of his courtship and long marriage with his wife, involving dating rituals, sex robots and “Arrested Development.” Goldsberry is both funny, guileless, and dear, and ends the show with a kind of light wave, a gentle gesture for what turns out to be a very good night.
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