History Theatre / LeadingLadies

* GagBoobs: Audrey's bombshell appearance comes in for a few jokes:
-->'''Audrey:''' It's my first day at the Tastee Bite. See? ''[Indicates logo on tight sweater]'' "Tastee Bite."
-->'''Leo:''' The first 'E' gets a bit lost in the middle.

* GirlNextDoor: Audrey is sweet, innocent, helpful and wholesome - though she also has [[BuxomIsBetter bombshell looks]] and plans to give her eventual husband [[InsatiableNewlyweds a real workout in bed.]]

* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: Leo and Jack have to pull off numerous quick changes into and out of their Maxine and Stephanie disguises. Jack's final change, out of Stephanie's garb and wig and into his own clothes, has to be accomplished in about 30 seconds.

* [[Tango]]: Florence's party includes a tango between three pairs: Florence and Duncan, Audrey and Butch, and Doc and Stephanie.

* InsatiableNewlyweds: Audrey talks to Stephanie (Jack) about how when she meets the right guy someday, she's going to give him a wedding night he'll never forget. At which point, Stephanie [[PervertedDrooling starts drooling]].

* GirlNextDoor: Audrey is sweet, innocent, helpful and wholesome - though she also has [[BuxomIsBetter bombshell looks] and plans to give her eventual husband [[InsatiableNewlyweds a real workout in bed.]]

* EverybodyKnewAlready: By the time Leo and Jack are ready to come clean, Meg and Audrey have already discovered the truth.

''Leading Ladies'' is a 2004 Creator/KenLudwig theatrical farce.

''Leading Ladies'' is a 2004 Creator/KenLudwig theatrical farce. Leo Clark and Jack Gable are two English Shakespearean actors currently doing a tour across the Americas of selections from Shakespeare. After being booed off of a stage at the Loyal Order of the Moose in Shrewsbury, PA, and realizing they're almost out of money, Leo happens upon a newspaper stating that Florence Snider, of York, PA, is desperately seeking the long-lost children of her sister, Max and Steve, last seen in England, to share in her inheritance when she passes, which is expected to be soon. Leo manages to convince Jack that, as trained actors, from England, they could pass themselves off as these lost children, and share in the inheritance with the one living niece, Meg. After settling on the plan, and meeting the gregarious (and sesquipedalian) Audrey, who provides them more details, they learn that it's not two nephews that are missing, but two nieces, Maxine and Stephanie...

Nonetheless, they set off to the Snider residence, but their task is complicated by a Florence who is very much not dead, as they thought, Leo falling for Meg (who is engaged to the local pastor, Rev. Duncan Wooley), and an earthy doctor, Doc, and his son, Butch. Somehow, the plan expands to a showing up ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'', to be performed just before the wedding of Meg and Duncan. And Florence is still holding on...

* DisposableFiance: While Duncan makes it to the end of the play, he does not get married to Meg. He falls under the bland sort, with a small side of Meg having grown past him and realizing that she should marry for love, not for convenience.

* StylisticSuck: The second scene of the show has Jack and Leo mashing several Shakespeare shows together to make up for that there are only two actors. The result is laughable, and gets them booed off stage.

''Leading Ladies'' is a 2004 Ken Ludwig farce. Leo Clark and Jack Gable are two English Shakespearean actors currently doing a tour across the Americas of selections from Shakespeare. After being booed off of a stage at the Loyal Order of the Moose in Shrewsbury, PA, and realizing they're almost out of money, Leo happens upon a newspaper stating that Florence Snider, of York, PA, is desperately seeking the long-lost children of her sister, Max and Steve, last seen in England, to share in her inheritance when she passes, which is expected to be soon. Leo manages to convince Jack that, as trained actors, from England, they could pass themselves off as these lost children, and share in the inheritance with the one living niece, Meg. After settling on the plan, and meeting the gregarious (and sesquipedalian) Audrey, who provides them more details, they learn that it's not two nephews that are missing, but two nieces, Maxine and Stephanie...