Theatre Review: “Fix Me, Jesus”

“Fix Me Jesus,” now playing at the Abingdon Theatre is a moving, well written play about a woman breaking loose from what holds her back in both her personal and professional life.

The play is set in Dallas, Texas in 1986 with flashbacks that include the fateful day in 1963, now almost 50 years ago, that President Kennedy was killed.

The setting is a Nieman Marcus store and as the lead character “Annabell Armstrong” searches frantically for the “right dress,” much of her life is revealed in the aforementioned flashbacks.

“Fix Me Jesus,” written by Helen Sneed, deftly touches on the political climate of 1986 as “Annabell’s” story is revealed.

There are also revelations that truly assess the old ways regarding women going back to 1963 especially in Dallas and it all is relevant today.

Polly Lee is both stunning and truly vulnerable as “Annabell” showing the audience her true struggle to break away from her clinging parents and beyond “old world” grandmother.

Kate Froemmling makes a dazzling professional debut as the young “Annabell,” we see in many flashbacks.

The entire cast is solid under the able direction of Sam Pinkleton and includes Lori Gardner, Lisa McMillan, Lee Roy Rogers and the lone male, Mitch Tebo as “Dr. Maxwell Feld.”

The play runs through November 24th at Abingdon Theatre located at 312 West 36th Street. It is truly worth seeing as I was able to really “invest” in Annabell and her worthy struggle.