At CCA, fall in love with the classic ‘Last of the Red Hot Lovers’

A freshly conceived production of Neil Simon’s 1969 comedy “Last of the Red Hot Lovers” will be staged at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 at the Collins Center for the Arts.

During the decade of free love, Barney Cashman — middle-aged, married, overweight and overworked — sets out to join the sexual revolution before it’s too late.

He arranges three trysts that all fall flat. One dalliance is with Elaine Navazio, a bawdy bundle of fun who likes smooth whiskey and married men. Another is with Bobbi Michele, a kooky, young actress. And still another is with Jeanette Fisher, a neurotic housewife married to his best friend.

After various mishaps, Cashman rediscovers his humanity and finds love in the last place he thought to look.

Philadelphia Weekly described the production as “spectacular, electrifying, stupendous.”

“Last of the Red Hot Lovers” ran from 1969 to 1971 on Broadway and was made into a 1972 film of the same name with Alan Arkin and Sally Kellerman.

Tickets are $25 for balcony seats, $30 for orchestra seats and $6 for high school students. Tickets may be ordered online. Orders that include tickets for high school students must be purchased in person or by calling 581.1755 and picked up at the box office the night of the performance. Anyone requesting an accommodation also may call.