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Show Pioneer Playhouse Weak play buries enthusiasm Despite the weakness of the music and the play, the true talent and wit of the actors showed through. The lead players, Diana Lynne Harris and Rob Nuismer, were excellent. Their characterizations were excellent and Miss Harris' voice was beautiful. Eileen Anderson gave a marvelously funny performance per-formance as the girlish editor of the town newsletter. These players are without a doubt one of the most enthusiastic en-thusiastic groups to come along. The musical choruses were refreshingly lively and the choreography was great. Director Val Johnson and associate producers Evan Murri and Jalynn Rasmussen have done a fine job with the talent they have; it is just too bad that the play did not match the ability of the troupe. The group's next production is "Once Upon a Mattress!' It would be well worth your while to travel up to Heber to catch these productions. By ROULHAC GARN Chronicle Staff The old Wasatch Tabernacle, National Historical Monument to the Utah pioneers nestled in Heber Valley, is the stage for a young enthusiastic group of thespians. The players, working under the name of Pioneer Playhouse, are currently presenting "The Order is Love", a story of brotherly love in pioneer Orderville, Utah. Brigham Young University writer Carol Lynn Pearson created the play with music by Lex Azevedo. The play has that good ole familiar plot line; the young selfish girl loathes her new home but she falls in love with the young man who knows no other life. Eventually, she, too comes to love the "order" and they live happily ever after. The first segment of the play is very strong. The characterizations charac-terizations are good and the plot is well developed. But weakness sets in on the second half and eventually destroys the potential. The music, written by the arranger for the King family, is lively and refreshing but it rarely complements the plot line. It is an anachronism to have a mersey beat in a pioneer chorus; you somehow lose the mood of the play with the frequent musical faux-paus. |
