Lois Robbins (TV’s Younger and off-Broadway’s Cactus Flower) returns to New York in the sexy, romantic, and personal new comedy L.O.V.E.R.
. The acclaimed solo piece is a sexual coming of age story written by and starring Lois. Join her as she brings audiences behind closed doors and between the sheets to examine fundamental truths about love, life, and sex. L.O.V.E.R. runs at off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center through November 2.
BroadwayBox recently caught up with Lois to discuss the exposing nature of solo performance, dating advice for her younger self, and the psychic that changed everything.
1. If you could go back and tell 25-year-old Lois one thing about love, dating, and sex in NYC, what would you want her to know?
When people tell you who they are, hear them!
2. What’s the most important thing you learned about yourself during the process of writing and starring in this show?
I learned that being my most authentic self was very liberating. This has allowed me to present not only the face that I wanted the world to see but also my most authentic face, which just feels really great.
Jumping off that then, what was the toughest thing about your authentic self and your journey to share with L.O.V.E.R. audiences?
That I’m quite imperfect.
3. As a New Yorker, tell me about a solo show you’ve seen that has rocked your world?
I’ve seen a few! I thought Maddie Corman’s show [Accidently Brave] was just stunning. I absolutely loved What the Constitution Means to Me. And Judith Light did a play [All The Ways to Say I Love You] a few years ago that I also really enjoyed. I think solo theatre is very powerful. To watch actors take the stage and tell their story—and have the bravery to be up there alone— is not easy. It’s very exposing. I give credit to them and to myself for taking on this challenge.
4. You previously performed this show out of town in LA. What did you find audiences were latching onto about this story?
There’s one moment that I’ve been told not to give away; but I can promise you, there’s a moment actually at the beginning of the play that everyone leaving the theatre says, “Oh my god, I will never look at that thing the same way again!”
5. L.O.V.E.R. was originally going to be a memoir but then a psychic told you to make it a play. What was the name of that psychic?!
Her name is Julie Hunter. She’s in Los Angeles, and I recommend her to everyone!
Don’t miss Lois Robbins in ‘L.O.V.E.R’ at the Signature Center’s Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre through November 2.
