About the Show

A multigenerational story of family, love, and a shared passion for theatre.

Spanning more than thirty years, Good Time Charlie follows Charlie, a man whose dream of performing on stage was set aside in favor of a more conventional path. Unable to pursue his artistic ambitions directly, he nurtures a love of theatre and culture in his nephew Ryan, a young gay man with Broadway aspirations of his own.

As their lives unfold across decades, the play explores family bonds, identity, romance, and the role the arts play in shaping personal dreams. Written by Ryan J. Haddad and directed by Danny Sharron, the comedy-drama serves as a tribute to the mentors, relatives, and communities that inspire people to imagine larger possibilities for themselves.

Critic Reviews (10)

"Haddad’s play is intimate and engaging, even as it inevitably covers material about the gay experience that’s been very well-traced."
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“The play is largely a study in kindness, in both form and subject — even while facing the tough inevitabilities of any life.”
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“It’s easy to envision a script this self-aware and packed with contemplative monologues becoming a slog, but it never does under the steady direction of Danny Sharron.”
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"Good Time Charlie's core insight is that nobody makes a life alone."
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“Worthy themes about families, friendships, and aging that might be crafted into several plays are more squandered than explored through the blithely anything goes-style format Haddad utilizes for Good Time Charlie.”
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"A fitting tribute to Ryan Haddad’s family covering the last two generations as well as depicting the changes in gay life in the same period."
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Haddad shows promise and I’m sure he’ll be heard from again, but he needs a stronger shovel with which to dig than a meta-theatrical premise.
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You’re likely to be charmed by Ryan J. Haddad and nearly everybody around him...[The play] is not meticulously plotted..It's informal, familiar, familial.
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