The Vagina Monologues, which has been running at the Apollo Theater since the fall of 2000, recently welcomed Marcia Wallace (better known as Carol from The Bob Newhart Show) to its summer lineup. Previous Chicago casts have included Erin Moran (Happy Days), Loretta Swit (MAS*H), Kim Fields (The Facts of Life), Dawn Wells (Gilligan’s Island), Mayim Bialik (Blossom), and Leila Kenzle (Mad About You). A rotating cast of celebrity guests, many of whom are out-of-work TV stars–hmm, where have we seen that formula before? Yes, The Love Boat. Has The Vagina Monologues become The Love Boat of Chicago theater? Consider the similarities.
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The cast of characters in this play by a reformed alcoholic includes a sexually adventurous dominatrix, a saucy black lesbian, and a meddling sex therapist.
In the second act a professional sex worker (portrayed in Los Angeles by Teri Hatcher) performs a demonstration of orgasmic moaning.
The cast of characters on this boat helmed by a reformed alcoholic includes a sexually adventurous doctor, a saucy black bartender, and a meddling purser.
In the last season the Love Boat Mermaids (who include Teri Hatcher) perform a song-and-dance number that sounds eerily like orgasmic moaning.
