Born Yesterday

Alley Theatre
615 Texas Houston

Garson Kanin, writer of such classic films as Adam's Rib and Pat and Mike, penned this 1946 Broadway smash that was turned into an Oscar-nominated romantic comedy. Now presented at Alley Theatre in Houston, Born Yesterday centers around unscrupulous tycoon Harry Brock, who heads off to Washington to purchase a few congressmen accompanied by his ex-showgirl mistress, Billie Dawn. Brock hires a newspaper reporter to soften Billie's rough edges for D.C. society, but the reporter's lessons teach her to smarten up and see Brock for the corrupt businessman he truly is.