A full length comedy for a cast of 4 males and 2 females. Les and Bess are a married couple who co host a radio talk show in New York City before the turmoil of the sixties stirred the country out of its complacency. Les and Bess are about to have their talk show canceled because of lack of interest. Since their marriage is based on their show, they may have to cancel their marriage as well. Les wants to go to Houston to be a sports announcer his dream. Bess wants to stay in New York. Will Les and Bess stay together? Will their budding radical of a son straighten up? Will their daughter actually marry the sailor she has just met? Will their long distance phone call from Princess Grace of Monaco ever come through? Stay tuned...

Breakfast With Les and Bess: A Comedy in Two Acts

Literature & Fiction

Kalcheim, Lee

History & Criticism

Samuel French Inc Plays

A nerdy, technophobic librarian clutching in his sweaty hands the detonator that will obliterate the library if his beloved card catalog is carted away is pitted against a harried police negotiator in this fast paced debate on society's obsession with computers.

Defiled or the convenience of a short-haired dog: A play

Samuel French, Inc.

<p>A nerdy, technophobic librarian clutching in his sweaty hands the detonator that will obliterate the library if his beloved card catalog is carted away is pitted against a harried police negotiator in this fast paced debate on society's obsession with computers. Jason Alexander and Peter Falk starred in the California premier.</p>

Defiled

Dramas & Plays

Concord Theatricals

Soon after Emmy award winning comedy writer and playwright Lee Kalcheim’s twin boys were born, he realized he wouldn’t get much sleep for the next few years. So, while he was awake, he’d better remember what was happening. Lee records the poignant funny stories of this free wheeling family, their adventures living in L.A., Rome and New York, most importantly; the lessons he learned bringing them up. “We all just laughed our way through life, and I realized, writing comedy is hard….living it is exuberant!”Lee Kalcheim has written for both the theatre and television. An Emmy winning comedy writer (All In The Family), Cable Ace Award winner (The Paper Chase), Writers Guild Award (The Bridge of Adam Rush) and creator of the comedy series “Something Wilder” for NBC, which won no awards, but enabled Mr. Kalcheim to return to his first love; Playwriting. His plays include: “Breakfast With Les and Bess” at the Lambs Theatre, “Friends” at Manhattan Theatre Club”, “Defiled” at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, with Peter Falk and Jason Alexander, and “Slouching Toward Hollywood” at the Penguin Rep in Stony Point, NY and “Seminar” most recently in Tokyo Japan."A beguiling valentine to fatherhood from one of the funniest minds in Hollywood and New York !"Daniel Klein, co author of the New York Times bestseller, “Plato And A Platypus Walk Into A Bar”“Lee Kalcheim is one of my favorite Dads for three reasons: what he does; what he hears; and how he tells it.”Jason Alexander, Actor

Father Knows Less

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Lymehouse Productions, Inc.

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