

And, saddest of all, no marvelous musical for the utterly satisfying finale of the 50th anniversary season of Goodspeed Musicals.

No phony photo making her believe he’s young and hot. The waitress would send him a polite thank you and return the jewelry. And the burly, far-from-handsome older man would inspire no amorous reveries whatsoever. She’d see the homey photograph of the owner and his sister in their Napa Valley vineyard. He might still leave a piece of jewelry - although it wouldn’t be a tie pin - as a tip, along with a charmingly effusive love note.īut the levelheaded waitress would look him up on the web and find the site for his flourishing grape business. An immigrant farmer might still be captivated by a young, pretty hash-house waitress on his visit to San Francisco. But add the Internet to the plot of “The Most Happy Fella,” and the romance never happens.

It’s been noted that in the age of cellphones, the romance between Romeo and Juliet would not end in tragedy.
