Rumored to have inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald to write The Great Gatsby, Rachel Crothers' Expressing Willie captures the '20s in all its glittering glory: The 1924 comedy buzzes with witty dialogue, sharp-eyed critique and Jazz Age energy. Expressing Willie focuses on a man who, through the machinations of his mother, finds himself hobnobbing with the obscenely wealthy. Just at the moment he is about to lose himself to the high life, his former Midwestern girlfriend shows up at his Christmas party weekend ... and hilarity ensues. Now The Phoenix Theatre presents this rare gem from one of Broadway's pioneering talents.