STAGE REVIEW : ‘Blonde’ Doesn’t Have More Fun at Callboard

Someday, I hope, brunettes will come back with a vengeance. Meanwhile, Los Angeles is yellow city. Blonde has become boring, but if you think being blonde is fun, try “Just Another Blonde” at the Callboard Theatre.

Here’s the premise: Being a blonde struggling to make it in show business in Los Angeles is, well, trying. Mister Wrong is good in bed, but what’s a blonde to do? Find Mister Right, get it together, get back your humor, that’s what you do. It helps if you enjoy the friendship of a chipper gay roommate. There’s nothing in this play about becoming a redhead.

Misty Rowe (a former “Hee Haw” star) is moderately winsome and pleasingly unglued as the ironically entitled character. But she is not, in this case, a very eventful playwright. The play has nothing new to say about women yearning for it all. Happily, the tone of the production is unpretentious and unstressed. Mark Herrier’s staging is sufficiently brisk. But, like blondness, the experience is bland.

Neil Ronco steals the acting honors as the good guy. He is credible and has a winning manner. John Boyle is also sharp as the cad. Arthur Mendoza is every true-blue gay house mate you’ve ever seen. He’s into celibacy. Technical credits are workmanlike.

Performances are at 8451 Melrose Place, Thursdays through Saturdays 8 p.m., Sundays 3 and 7 p.m., until Feb. 23. Tickets: $14.50-$16. (213) 465-0070.