Vanities

Jack Heifner’s play doesn’t live up to its opening promise of chronicling the lives of three boomer women, a failure that the current Lambda Players production highlights by casting some very good actresses. It boils down to a flat third act, because the first two acts are set-ups for conflict that never is resolved. Cynthia Drumbor’s Joanne is a good-hearted ditz and, by the final curtain, is the most likeable character. However, neither Joanne nor Mary, Angela R. Thompson’s rebel wild child, undergo much change. That honor goes to Sandra McCord’s Kathy, who goes from head cheerleader to heartbroken P.E. teacher to mysterious “kept” woman. It’s a good effort, but there’s not much that can be done when, as the good book says, “all is vanity.”
Lambda Players Theatre; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with a 2 p.m. matinee on March 18; $16.50. 2427 17th Street, (916) 444-8229, www.lambdaplayers.com. Through March 24.