Cinderella Delivers Delightful Holiday Surprise Theater Thc Review Rl I Brenda Upright Cind Cinderella rella the Rodgers and Hammerstein J musical was presented presented presented pre pre- at the Grand Theatre Friday Dec 3 through Saturday Dec It was directed by Glen Slight who gave an excellent fairy fairytale fairytale tale atmosphere to the play The set design was absolutely captivating A beautiful castle casile extended to the edges of the stage making the area seem bigger while pastel backdrops backdrops backdrops back back- drops made the setting more intriguing intriguing 0 guing for the production Cinderella was played by Angela Angela Angela An An- gela Moloy who gave a sweet interpretation interpretation interpretation inter inter- of the fairy tale character Mark Knowles played the prince and showed an adept ability in portraying portraying por por- por- por this sensitive role While dancing scenes could have flowed smoother Moloy and Knowles seemed to be at ease with ea each h other and made a perfect coupie couple couple cou cou- pie for the characters The The part of the fairy godmother was played by Camille Gerber who entertained the crowd with an interpretation interpretation interpretation inter inter- of a more modern sense Her voiced crass-voiced tone added in an an amusing touch to the character The mean mean stepmother was played by Lissa Woodbury-Jensen Woodbury who was quite convincing as Cinderella's stepmother Th The two step-sisters step played by Lenore Cambria Cambria Cambria Cam Cam- bria and Dee Ann Nichols as a hilarious hilarious hilarious hi hi- Portia and a dry humored Joy were excellent picks for the parts Managing Director of the Grand Theatre Pat Davis said this was a good family play I agree Th The performance had a festive flare to it with the addition of choirs singing Christmas music and seven Santas Santa's walking about explaining explaining explaining ex ex- ex- ex the legends of santa before Cinderella began Another amusing and attracting feature this play had to offer was the creative use of props during the dance scenes Also when a stack of plates accidentally dropped it was casually downplayed by a trained cast There were also no line mix- mix ups of which might be expected since it was opening night but the prepared cast had no problem in delivering delivering delivering de de- de- de livering perfect dialogue Obvious hard work and hours OVA r Yr f l' l w i J. J t p iF V f p I 7 M h w P r t c t LAY f I Photo Contributor Margaret Awk Aak People involved in production of Cinderella on end were spent in preparation for the play including the cos cos- They helped to create the fairy tale illusion along with a white carriage for Cinderella's j our our- ney to the ball The singing throughout the play was well done making the play playa a delight to experience It was short and sweet which gave pleasing pleasing pleasing pleas pleas- ing anticipation for the next production production production pro pro- at the Grand Theatre