Filmed a couple of years ago, the movie adaptation of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's musical farce
Lucky Stiff has now been released for you to enjoy at leisure across a raft of digital platforms, courtesy of Signature Entertainment. I've seen the show twice onstage now (most recently at
the Drayton Arms) and neither time did it really win me over, the limitations of fringe productions doing the show little favour. But strangely enough, it is this cinematic version that seems to work the best, suiting its idiosyncratic charms down to the ground.