'A
love story for all ages. Seriously. Tim is 27. Ida is 83. Jealousy, murder,
& betrayal... just another day at Shady Pines Nursing Home. Oh, did
we mention the rapping doctors? Written & performed by Bryan Grossbauer
& Mike Papaleo.
'Vying for the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it award this week is Tim &
Ida, a musical comedy created and performed by Bryan Grossbauer and Mike
Papaleo, a.k.a. the company Tree Theatre. The two bring to life a varied
assortment of characters, the denizens of the Shady Pines Nursing Home…If
you’re not drawn to it for the Harold and Maude-ishness, consider
going for the rapping doctors.' -Gothamist, February 28, 2006
'If "Harold and Maude" were performed by two improv comedians
channeling the Beastie Boys, the result might look a lot like "Tim
& Ida: A Love Story." Mike Papaleo and Bryan Grossbauer present
this titular May-December romance between a twenty something stoner and
his arthritic paramour as a tale told by Drs. Finklestein and Samuelson,
two nursing-home medics who supply Greek-chorus-style commentary in the
form of goofball raps. If you've been looping "The Chronic (WHAT)
cles of Narnia" on your video iPod lately, you'll crack up at this
cleverly written live show.' -John Pavlus, Glidemagazine.com February
22 2006