Ballyhoo is a play about a Jewish family in the south around Christmas. The play takes place in a house, mainly in one room, the family room. There are four people who live in the house. A working man who looks to be in his early fifties, his sister who is probably in her late forties, her daughter who is about twenty-one or so, and an aunt who's husband has passed and her daughter is away at college, but coming home for Christmas.
             Ballyhoo, the name of the play and the mail focus, is a week of celebrating for the upper class Jewish. On the last night of Ballyhoo is a dance which is a major event for the young adults, it's a night to be seen. The play mostly revolves around the daughter, LaLa, finding a date for Ballyhoo. She has her mother, Boo, harping her to find a date, her uncle who does not pay too much attention to her, and her cousin who comes home for Christmas and already has a date, with a man that LaLa had wanted to have ask her. While all of this is going on there are other issues being intertwined. The issue of upper and lower class Jews, the fact that LaLa came home from college because she was not accepted to a sorority and is embarrassed, and the issues of love. The play shows the family going through all of these problems and how they handle them.
             I found this play to be very interesting and it really held my attention. The actors were really into their rolls and did a very nice job of expressing their characters. With the costume design, the set design, the lighting, and the actors, it all fit together to create a really good production. The only thing I did not like about the play is that I did not see a point to it or some major excitement going on. The moral, I believe though, is about finding happiness and love through all of the bad things that life deals to you.
             When I go to a play one if the major things I look for is if the actors are really into their characters and make their actions seem ...