Playhouse takes "Father Knows Best" into the Sixties

Published: April 30, 2010, 4 a.m.

Friday, Murray's Playhouse in the Park opens "Father Knows Best," a play inspired by the 1940s radio show. That, in turn inspired the classic sitcom starring Robert Young. But if you're expecting a scrubbed comedy set in the 1950s, think again. Jacque Day sat down with the director, who explains, among many things, his decision to set the play in the era of sex, drugs and rock and roll.