Boeing Boeing: The Plot Thickens

THE PLOT Thickens!

Bernard, an American architect living in Paris in the early 1960s, is engaged to Gloria (American/TWA)...and to Gabriella (Italian/Alitalia)...and to Gretchen (German/Lufthansa)! All three are flight attendants and, as you might expect, none of the ladies know about each other. This is exactly the way Bernard has designed it.

Successfully juggling the ladies depends on predictable and regular international flight timetables. The introduction of the Super Boeing jet, which travels at faster speeds, causes the old timetables to no longer be reliable. Bernard’s life becomes complicated.

Add in Robert, a naïve friend from Wisconsin; Berthe, a sassy French housekeeper; and doors that open and slam with mathematical precision ... and farce follows! It’s important to note that Berthe is key to the success of the ruse as she manages three sets of clothing, photographs, bed linens, and food preferences. The plan works as long as their flight schedules only bring them ‘home’ every three days.

Things begin to unravel when there is a change in all the women’s flight orders, making it increasingly hard to keep them apart, and eventually bringing all three of them home on the very same day. Bernard, aided by the bewildered Robert, struggles to keep them separate and unaware of the truth. Can Robert maintain the charade, or will a disaster occur?

Inevitably, all’s well that ends well, but they – and we – have a rollicking good time getting there!