Sunday, December 29, 2013
LA’s Next Great Stage Star Competition® to Include Classics, New Music, and More
The competition has launched the careers of more than fifty rising musical theatre artists, many of whom have been cast in top regional theatre shows, Broadway national tours, Las Vegas productions, and network television shows. Eight of the contestants have also made their Broadway and Off-Broadway debuts.
All contestants will sing each week and will receive feedback from a panel of industry professionals. In addition to the panel of judges (which includes LA based producers, directors and casting directors), audience members will cast their votes in the categories of vocal and acting ability, stage presence, and personality. The musical focus changes weekly with a number of musical theatre styles featured so if you’d like to be in the audience, book your reservations now.
Week 1: January 5
Contestant’s Choice. James Lent, Musical Director
Week 2: January 12
Breaking New Ground - A Little New Music. Bryan Blaskie, Musical Director
Week 3: January 19
The music of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart. James Lent, Musical Director
Week 4: January 26
The music of Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gershwin, and Cole Porter. James Lent, Musical Director
Week 5: February 9
The music of Stephen Schwartz, Marc Shaiman, Stephen Sondheim, and the Sherman Brothers (Richard and Robert Sherman). James Lent, Musical Director
Week 6: February 16
Producer’s Choice. Contestants will have two solo songs to choose from, either up-tempo or ballad. James Lent, Musical Director
LA’S NEXT GREAT STAGE STAR®
Michael Sterling, Executive Producer/Director
Barbara Van Orden, Co-Executive Producer
Peter Welkin, Associate Producer
Jackie Evans, Choreographer
Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26, Feb. 9 & 16
Reservations: 818 754-8700
Brunch seating: 11:15 am - Noon
Competition: Noon – 2:30 pm (Finale ends at 3pm)
General admission: $15 Cover + $10 food or drink minimum
Weekly complimentary raffle tickets for all guests
Sterling’s Upstairs at The Federal, Lankershim Boulevard, North Hollywood, CA 91601. www.msapr.net
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Monday, December 23, 2013
Happy Holidays from Musicals in LA
HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Musicals in LA
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
and the Happiest of Holidays to you and yours this holiday season!
May 2014 bring you Music and Laughter and more Joy than your hearts can hold.
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Sunday, December 22, 2013
Photo Flash: Burbank Community Theater's Production of ANNIE
Congratulations to the cast of ANNIE on all your hard work! www.burbankcommunitytheater.org
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| Oliviana Marie as Annie |
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| Oliviana Marie (Annie), Richard Seymour (Daddy Warbucks), and Cedric Blake Wright (Bert Healy) |
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| Brian Jackson as Rooster and Conchita Belisle as Lily St. Regis |
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| Rachel Diana as Miss Hannigan |
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| The cast of Burbank Community Theatre's Annie |
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Saturday, December 21, 2013
Musical News for Saturday, December 21, 2013
LIVE EVENTS: Cabrillo Music Theatre celebrates its upcoming production of In the Heights with Carnaval De Cabrillo on January 12. Modeled after the “Carnaval del Barrio” that plays a pivotal role in the show, Carnaval De Cabrillo unites enthusiastic young people, dancers of all ages, city officials, community leaders and local businesses for a free afternoon of dance, music, food and fun. Carnaval will take place from Noon to 5:00 pm in Carpenter Park, directly outside Cabrillo Music Theatre’s home venue, the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.The event will feature a live participatory demonstration by the entire community of a dance from In the Heights using the original Tony Award-Winning Broadway Choreography of Andy Blankenbuehler, and taught by Cabrillo’s director-choreographer, Morgan Marcell. Participants may sign up in advance at http://carnavaldecabrillo.rsvpify.com/ or in person on the day of the event. The choreography will be taught at all skill levels, allowing for full participation from anyone who wants to learn. Participants can show up at any time from Noon to 1:30 pm and learn the moves. The presentation and performance, as well as a sneak peek of In the Heights, will take place at 1:45 pm. Food and drink will be available for purchase. Additional prizes will be given out hourly. For more information visit www.Facebook.com/CabrilloMusicTheatre or call 805-497-8613 x 1.
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The Sound of Music starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer will air on ABC 7 at 7:00 pm, Sunday, Dec. 22. You can also watch The Polar Express on ABC Family at 8:00 pm, Monday, Dec. 23.
FILMS: The El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood will host a special engagement of the Sing-A-Long version of Disney’s classic Mary Poppins, January 10 – 20. Audiences are encouraged to dress as their favorite characters from the film, and sing along to the classic soundtrack as the words to the songs are projected up on the screen. There will also be a costume contest on opening night and other special opening night surprises. El Capitan guests may also go “Behind the scenes” of the making of Mary Poppins with rarely seen unit photography from the Walt Disney Archives and a special “Walking On Cherry Tree Lane” photo opportunity on display throughout the run. In addition, January 14 is Tiny Tot Tuesday. During the 10:00 am performance parents and small children can enjoy the movie in a Tiny Tot-friendly way, with lights dimmed rather than out and reduced sound levels. Daily showtimes are 10:00 am, 1:15 pm, 4:30 pm, and 7:45pm. Special General Admission ticket price of $10 includes popcorn. VIP price of $20 includes a reserved seat, popcorn and drink (for all ages). Tickets are available at the box office, at www.elcapitantickets.com, or by calling 1-800-DISNEY6. I also highly recommend the current film Frozen, starring Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Santino Fontana. The pre-show is terrific!
CONCERTS/CABARET: Color and Light Theatre Ensemble will bring a one-night presentation of Joe Iconis’ Things to Ruin to Southern California on January 11 at 9:00 pm. The theatrical rock concert is an incendiary collection of songs by Kleban and Larson Award Winner Joe Iconis (SMASH, The Black Suits and Bloodsong of Love) about human beings who are messy, emotional, drugged up, knocked down, inspired, electric and who don’t have nearly enough time to cause the kind of commotion they so desperately need to cause. Featuring direction and musical staging by Joanna Syiek, with musical direction by Jennifer Lin, the cast includes Emily Arkuss, Jeff Buco, Ben Burch, Samantha Eve, Ari Gwasdoff, Josh Hillinger, Tyler Ledon, Katharine McDonough, Jamie Mills, Kelsey Schulte, and Kristofer Sundquist. The concert will take place at Surf Dog’s Sports Grill located at 5932 Warner Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. For tickets and more information, go to www.colorandlighttheatre.org.
Pasadena Playhouse is offering 30% off tickets for its star-studded concert One Starry Night to benefit The ALS Association - Golden West Chapter, on Mon. Jan. 13, 2014 at 8pm. Use the code BLOG30 when you order tickets HERE. Joining the cast is Richard M. Sherman (two-time Academy Award-winner for Best Song and Best Score of Mary Poppins, who is being portrayed by Jason Schwartzman in the just-released Disney film Saving Mr. Banks), Kerry O’Malley, Amy Paffrath, Barry Pearl, Drew Seeley, Daniel Tatar, and Bruce Vilanch. Directed by Grammy Award-nominee Bruce Kimmel, with musical direction and orchestrations by Richard Allen, the evening will also feature performances by Obba Babatunde, James Barbour, Kay Cole, Daisy Eagan, Crow Garrett, Ilene Graff, Juliana Hansen, Melora Hardin, Jean Louisa Kelly, Jason and Nolan Livesay, Gary Morgan and The Flying Morgans, James Mulligan, Reagan Pasternak, Jonathan Pendragon, Joan Ryan, Rex Smith, and Terri White. The evening will also feature special appearances by Terri Ivens, Kate Linder, and Charlene Tilton.
Kritzerland at Sterling’s Upstairs at The Federal presents New Kids in Town on Sunday, January 5, at 7:00 pm. The show will star Paige Befeler, Brennley Brown, Quintan Craig, Oliviana Marie, Hadley Belle Miller, Jenna Lea Rosen, Sami Staitman, Sarah Staitman, and Carter Thomas, with Music Director: Tom Griep. Reservations: (818) 754-8700. Doors open for dinner at 5:30 pm. Show starts at 7:00pm. For more about Sterlings, visit www.msapr.net.
The Grove Theatre in Upland invites you to spend a Rockin’ New Year’s Eve with The King and Company at The Grove Theatre. Chris Luna and the TCB Flashband are returning to The Grove Theatre on New Years’ Eve at 9:00 pm. Luna is one of Southern California’s premier Elvis Tribute artists and has been performing his Elvis Tribute Show (Chris Luna - A Tribute to ELVIS!) since 1998. Joining Chris is award winning Jacob Roman, the 17 year old Elvis Tribute Artist who has been wowing audiences all over Southern California and Nevada. The show also features Beach Boys’ tribute band, The Nocturnes, Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello tribute artists AK Kist and Megan Walker, Wendy Lynn Adams, who performs tributes to Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette, and Blues Brothers tribute artists Gary Anderson and Chris Luna. Chris pays tribute to Tom Jones and Gary brings Johnny Cash back to the stage. For tickets call (909) 920-4343 or go to www.grovetheatre.com.
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
Review: A Christmas Carol, Zombie Joe Style
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| [Top, L-R] Gloria Galvan, Corey Zicari. [Bottom, L-R] Vanessa Cate, Redetha Deason, Annalee Scott, Sandra Saad, David Wyn Harris. Photos by Adam Neubauer |
They return throughout the one-hour adaptation of Scrooge’s familiar story playing multiple characters, narrating transitions, providing sound effects, and maintaining an unforgettable mood in this spookier than normal Christmas narrative. It was a welcome departure for someone like me who has literally seen more versions of A Christmas Carol than I’d ever want to count.
Sebastian Muñoz, as Scrooge, has good reason to be scared. If Zombie Joe burst into my room in the middle of the night as the Ghost of Jacob Marley I’d be doing some screaming too. Carrying giant chains (and wearing a terrific make-up design), the undead soul warns Scrooge that he will be visited by three ghosts to whom he must listen or suffer a horrible fate. Zombie is in his element here, larger than life and terrifyingly wild-eyed.
The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future are all played by director Denise Devin who spirits Muñoz around the black box sky with deliberate intensity. Clothed in a Victorian gown, her Christmas Past resembles a faded bride whose youth and promise of life have been left standing at the altar in some long forgotten place. The haunted quality is in stark contrast to her boisterous portrayal of Christmas Present, the redheaded dynamo who uses Scrooge’s own words against him.
The change is so unexpected that it draws laughter from all sides, but that’s what this production does best; elicit a gut response over and over as it moves quickly from scene to brief scene, character to fragmented character. I think the shortest was the cameo of the two Zombie children – “the girl is want; the boy is ignorance” – but in its few short seconds it communicated the sad horror needed to leave a lasting impression.
Jason Britt is a natural as Bob Cratchit, full of warmth and quiet dignity. Vanessa Cate, as Belle, also stands out as she creates another poignant picture of Scrooge’s selfish path.
This is A Christmas Carol that carries with it elements unique to the ZJU aesthetic that work beautifully for Scrooge’s tale of redemption. Devin’s staging is creative, briskly paced, and ripe with moments that feel fresh. The actors walk the line between reality and oddity in their character work and that always makes it interesting. Best of all, you’re never quite sure what will happen next. And that means that the company has done its job. For a ghostly holiday cup of cheer from one of the most inventive theatre companies in town, don’t miss the final performances of Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre’s A Christmas Carol.
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| Zombie Joe as the Ghost of Jacob Marley and Sebastian Muñoz as Scrooge |
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| Denise Devin and Sebastian Muñoz |
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| (Top) Denise Devin, (Bottom): Sebastian Muñoz |
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Now through December 22, 2013
ZJU Theatre Group
4850 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Tickets: (818) 202-4120
www.zombiejoes.com
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Musical News Around Town for Tuesday, December 17, 2013
WRITERS: NAMT applications are due January 14, 2014 (or January 28 for a small late fee). Visit www.namt.org/festival for more information.
CONCERTS: The Valley Performing Arts Center at California State University, Northridge will present two musical theatre events on its January 2014 schedule beginning with Chita: A Legendary Celebration, featuring Broadway legend Chita Rivera Saturday, Jan. 24, at 8:00 pm. An accomplished and versatile actress/singer/dancer, Rivera has won two Tony Awards as best leading actress in a musical and received several Tony nominations. In addition, seven local high schools will join forces for the San Fernando Valley’s first-ever high school music theater showcase, It’s Showtime, Folks: Celebrating 60 years of Bob Fosse, on Friday, Jan. 24 at 8:00 pm. The evening will feature performances from The Pajama Game, Chicago, Kiss Me Kate, Sweet Charity and other Fosse shows. For more information, visit www.valleyperformingartscenter.org or call (818) 677-3000.
Come celebrate Ryan Black’s 88’s last show ever, Hollywood Holidays on Wednesday, December 18. There is no cover charge and seats may be reserved with a dinner reservation by calling (323) 380-7209. Open mic after the show so bring your music. For more information visit www.facebook.com/RyanBlacks88s.
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Sunday, December 15, 2013
Review: The Troubies are Walkin' in a Winter One-Hit-Wonderland
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| Beth Kennedy as the Winter Warlock and the cast. Photos by Chelsea Sutton |
The Troubies’ traditional holiday mashups are some of the company’s most anticipated shows of the year. Past hits like A Christmas Westside Story (A Christmas Story with the music of West Side Story), Rudolph the Red Nosed ReinDOORS (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and The Doors), and The First Jo-el (the Nativity story via Billy Joel songs) have been unforgettable treasure troves of comedy fun.
This year the troupe resurrects best moments from its last ten years of holiday shows, and stars the Winter Warlock (Beth Kennedy), a minor character who has made cameo appearance in Troubie shows ever since he was first introduced. In Walkin’ in a Winter One-Hit-Wonderland, Winter finally gets the chance to prove he can carry a show, with a cabaret style walk down memory lane featuring video clips and live reenactments of his journey to the stage. It’s also a celebration of ten years of Troubie shows in partnership with Garry Marshall and the Falcon Theatre, according to director and Troubie founder, Matt Walker, who says the night is all about breaking the rules and not sticking to the script.
The show is self-described as “somewhat like a fruitcake,” which means it contains a little bit of everything, and the taste of liquor – in this case poured in a giant brandy snifter – lingers on lounge lizard Rick Batalla’s lips like the eternal aftertaste of its liquor-soaked namesake. The “unexpected” improv with “real” liquor leads the audience into a world of spin-doctored scenes by Troubie regulars Batalla, Kennedy, Walker, Katherine Donahoe, Andy Lopez, Suzanne Jolie Narbonne, Katie Nunez, and Lisa Valenzuela.
Interestingly enough, it wasn’t the planned comedy that provided most of the laughs on opening night but rather the bits that didn’t work that got the biggest response from the audience. Maybe that’s because the best improv happens in the moment and can’t always be duplicated, or maybe it was because there were so many Troubie newbies in the audience that the previous show references lacked the context needed to help land the jokes. In either case, it was costumes with a mind of their own, physical bits where timing was askew, and unique audience participation that stole the show.
Among the musical one-hit-wonders featured are A-Ha’s “Take on Me,” Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy,” Devo’s “Whip It,” Captain and Tennille’s “Love Will Keep Us Together,” Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” and Toni Basil’s “Hey Mickey.” All are tweaked Troubie-style with new lyrics or staging that fits the through line of the show, though there isn’t much of a plot for this holiday stocking stuffer. During his trip down memory lane, Winter feels that no one is paying much attention to him and decides to quite show biz. That’s when the action detours into the land of A Christmas Carol and takes a look at Winter’s past, present and possible future.
Since the show follows a club act format accompanied by flashbacks, the scenes are quieter and more intimate, rather than the typically fast-paced, heavily choreographed, acrobatic sequences found in many of the Troubies’ previous productions. If the speed of a usual Troubie show is set on overdrive, this one is programmed several clicks lower on the dial.
A classical ballet sequence by Suzanne Jolie Narbonne as Winter’s Sugar Plum Fairy is quite beautiful, until it becomes comic, and hula hoops are incorporated into the finale. By the final blackout, Winter Warlock returns to the stage, Tiny Timmy doesn’t leave an empty chair, and the snow stops falling on pianist Kevin McCourt. Best of all, we’ve had a few laughs and all is right with the world.
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| Andy Lopez and Winter Warlock (Beth Kennedy) |
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| Katherine Donahoe, Lisa Valenzuela, Katie Nuñez, Rick Batalla and Suzanne Jolie Narbonne |
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| Lisa Valenzuela, Matt Walker, Katie Nuñez and Katherine Donahoe |
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| Rick Batalla and Winter Warlock (Beth Kennedy) |
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| Matt Walker and Winter Warlock (Beth Kennedy) |
WALKIN' IN A WINTER ONE-HIT-WONDERLAND
December 4, 2013 - January 19, 2014
The Troubies at the Falcon Theatre
4252 Riverside Drive
Burbank, CA 91505
Tickets: (818) 955-8101 or www.FalconTheatre.com
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Saturday, December 14, 2013
Photo Flash: San Diego Musical Theatre's Holiday Favorite - White Christmas
“A Holiday Card Comes to Life” in San Diego Musical Theatre’s production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, now through December 22nd at The Birch North Park Theatre in San Diego. Based on the beloved, timeless film, this heartwarming musical adaptation features seventeen Irving Berlin songs, played by a live 22 piece orchestra. Directed by Todd Nielsen, with choreography by Lisa Hopkins and musical direction by Don LeMaster. Tickets: www.sdmt.org |
| The cast of San Diego Musical Theatre’s White Christmas |
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| David Engel and Jeffrey Scott Parsons |
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| Jill Townsend & Laura Dickinson |
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| David Engel and the cast of White Christmas |
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Thursday, December 12, 2013
Photo Flash: ALADDIN AND HIS WINTER WISH at The Pasadena Playhouse
An updated version of the classic Arabian Nights tale starring Ben Vereen as the Genie, Aladdin and His Winter Wish is a singing, swinging and soaring adventure that features family-friendly magic with a comedic twist, dancing, a live pony and contemporary music from “Jai Ho” (Slumdog Millionaire) to “Treasure” (Bruno Mars). Before every performance of the traditional British Panto, guests and their families are invited to enjoy a Winter Wonderland event in The Playhouse’s courtyard, complete with holiday carolers, crafts, activities, games, and photo opportunities. It’s the annual favorite family event of the season! Tickets and information: www.pasadenaplayhouse.org |
| (L-R) Jordan Fisher, Ben Giroux, Bruce Vilanch and Ben Vereen. Photos by Clarence Alford |
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| Ben Vereen, Jordan Fisher, and ensemble |
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| Jordan Fisher (Aladdin) and ensemble |
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| Ben Vereen as The Genie |
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| Jordan Fisher as Aladdin and Ashley Argota as The Princess |
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| Richard Karn as the Sultan and Josh Adamson as Evil Abanazar |
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Review: A CHRISTMAS MEMORY Warms Holiday Hearts
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| Ciarán McCarthy, William Spangler, and Marsha Waterbury. Photos by Ed Krieger. |
It’s fruitcake weather in Laguna Beach and you can breathe it in the air as the heartwarming holiday musical A Christmas Memory fills the stage at Laguna Playhouse. Set in rural Alabama in 1955 and, for much of the show, flashbacks to 1933, it is a nostalgic story of the best sort; short on sequins and spectacle but filled with tenderness and love. And couldn’t we all use a little more of that this time of year?
Truman Capote lived it, and in his short story on which the musical is based, captured what it was like to grow up poor but happy in the south, collecting moments in his memory that would later be found in the pages of the stories he would write. Duane Poole adapts the source material with care, retaining the gentle poetic nature of the original while highlighting the ordinary relationships and events that shape the foundation of a young boy’s character.
Buddy (William Spangler) is just like any other kid, inquisitive, fun-loving, and ready for adventure. In essence abandoned by his parents after their divorce, he lives with his much older cousins – Jennie, a spinster (Tracy Lore), Seabon, a confirmed bachelor (Tom Shelton), and Sook, his best friend (Marsha Waterbury). Together he and the childlike elderly woman pal around and make the most of their meager existence, finding fun in the simple things around them. Theirs is a special relationship, and what she lacks in education and worldliness, she more than makes up for in kindness and caring. They are the heart of the story and a beautiful expression of what it best in us all.
Adult Buddy (Ciarán McCarthy) narrates A Christmas Memory, returning to the house they all lived in after the three have passed away. Twenty years later he is now a successful writer, though struggling to find meaning in his life while living in a city where something always has to be next. He watches his younger self as scenes from his youth come to life, emerging from the worn pictures in his mind. One by one the bittersweet memories reveal an answer – a path to the next story he will tell – of what he knows best and the people he loved most.
Director Nick DeGruccio finds the sweetness and pain in each of the characters without over-sentimentalizing their unrealized dreams and longings. His light touch allows Poole’s words, Carol Hall’s lyrics, and Larry Grossman’s beautiful music to do its work, and facilitates the actors’ ability to create characters the audience can understand and champion, rather than feel sorry for.
Seabon’s unopened box of pins to mark places on the map he would one day travel to reveals a life he never lived, and when we learn that Jennie chose to set aside the dreams of a young woman to take care of her weaker siblings who would surely have suffered without her, it explains her stern inflexibility. Shelton and Lore do lovely nuanced work with their respective roles and watching the realizations hit home in McCarthy’s eyes is quite moving.
Waterbury is the shining jewel of the production as Sook. Her warmth is contagious, her demeanor sincere, and the relationship she creates with Spangler as young Buddy is wonderfully layered. When it comes time for her to let go of Buddy at Jennie’s insistence, it becomes her turn to sacrifice part of her life, for she knows that one day he’ll need more to make him happy than what their simple life can provide. Amber Mercomes (Anna Stabler) shows off her rich lower register in her dynamic version of “Detour ” and even Siena Yusi as Buddy’s tomboy neighbor, Nelle, gets to do some fast-patter singing when she’s not punching Buddy in the arm.
D. Martyn Bookwalter’s scenic design allows for a feeling of great space that enhances the sense of moving forward and backward in time but Joshua McKendry’s sound design is problematic throughout. The hollow, hooty sound is very distracting and alters the characters’ voices artificially. Lore fares best because the timbre of her voice cuts through the hollowness but the rest of the cast has to fight to keep from being swallowed up, a task they shouldn’t have to be concerned with.
The sound also creates a disjointed relationship between the offstage trio of musicians (music director Darryl Archibald and Tyler Emerson on keyboards, Drew Hemwall on percussion, with Emerson also covering violin) and the cast. I’ve never noticed this kind of a sound problem at Laguna Playhouse before so I hope it was an isolated occurance and not a intentional choice.
Bruce Goodrich’s terrific costumes are full of the drab colors and well-worn textiles that characterize the Depression era but contain enough detail to be pleasing to the eye and functional for the actors, and any production that Steven Young designs, including this one, is elevated by the way he captures the light.
A Christmas Memory is a beautiful addition to the traditional catalogue of holiday shows you’ll find at this time of year. We may not always be able to make sense of life while we’re living it, but when we examine it in hindsight, what we find is the challenges, the joys, and the disappointments are all part of growing up. They make us who we are. And sometimes we just need to be reminded of that.
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| Siena Yusi, William Spangler, and Pickle |
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| William Spangler and Marsha Waterbury |
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| William Spangler, Marsha Waterbury, and Ciarán McCarthy |
December 2 – 29, 2013
Laguna Playhouse
606 Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach
Tickets: (949) 497-ARTS (2787) or
www.lagunaplayhouse.com
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