Shulman and Smith's Broadway comedy, adapted into a 1955 Technicolor film starring Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds, provides an unfiltered comedic snapshot of mid-century America. Blue in the Right Way's radically reimagined 2025 revival challenges the text's romantic perspective to examine the haunting legacy of the era's rigid social constructs, creating a startling work of visual performance art from an iconic piece of comedic American pop culture.

The Tender Trap

By Max Shulman and Robert Paul Smith

Blue in the Right Way
Director: Kevin V Smith
Production Manager: Ariel Beller
Stage Manager: Carli Shapiro
Assistant Stage Manager: Katie Mae Ryan
Intimacy Direction: Ethan Smith
Violence Design: Jay Donley
Fight Choreography: Cameron Jarrett

Costume, Hair & Makeup Design: Alaina Moore
Assistant Costume Design: Henry Winkelman
Video & Projection Design: Eme Ospina-López
Original Musical Score: Katie Klocke
Sound Design: Huhao Yang
Mixing Engineer: Scarlett Shi
Scenic & Lighting Design: Tianxuan Chen
Technical Director: Jeremiah Barr
Master Electrician: Baylee Speer
Lighting Associate: Seojung Jang
Mixing Engineer: Scarlett Shi
Production Assistant: Vee Villareal
Photography: Christopher Semel, Lenny Gilmore

Cast: Alex Amaya (Charlie), Daiva Bhandari (Sylvia), Kaylah Marie Crosby (Poppy), Allyriane Huq (Julie), Noelle Oh (Jessica), Nicholas Russo (Earl), Andrew Shipman (Joe)