"Amy's Wish"

When I pulled up to the theatre, which was only a 40-second drive from my home, I saw a host of elderly couples pouring into the theatre with big smiles on their faces. I walked into the box office and the man selling the tickets was nice enough to give one ticket for a youth as a sort of student discount; it was his 'holiday gift' from him to me. I thanked him for it and entered the theatre. The first thing I noticed was the massive red curtain on the stage. It reminded me of those old movie palaces; very classic, refined, and elegant for such an ordinary theatre. The performances were considerably well played and well suited for the people who played them. I especially thought that the performance of Melinda Tedeschi who played the snotty neighbor Irma Pry was the best. The basic plot of 'Amy's Wish' is about a simple elderly couple who are married and decide to spend the rest of their lives together. They start to converse and the subject of youth and wishes comes to mind along with the foreshadowing element of the fountain of youth and how the conquistadors tried for years to find it and in a matter of a single night's rest, Amy Galway is transformed to her younger 19 year old self.

What I found to be probably the best part about 'Amy's Wish' was how it took an ancient folklore (the fountain of youth) and took a classic new-couples love story and turned it into something fresh and new. I also found it to be very refreshing to know that the story maintained a sharp wit of comedy throughout, but I could see the underlying issues at heart with the characters and how Sam and Amy Galway were troubled by the whole issue of how they might have to live with it the rest of their lives. In the end, all the suspions and issues were put to rest by an even more comical ending as the husband, Sam Galway, would be turned young as Amy had just turned back to her real age. 'Amy's Wish' has a central theme of love and how love has no face or age number. Big thumbs up for this one :-)