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Show l k; J u. ,r-inlY r- - - - - - Poor, confused Parley Lamar (left) meets the first friendly face he's seen in Park City, waitress Jennifer (Leslie Luyken.) Home grown musical is PCP's biggest hit authors plan to rewrite it. He said the three writers have met this week to revise and add to the play. The changes considered include: spicier dialogue for narrator Sam Raddon; expanding the miner character of Old Bill; eliminating the heroine's song at the Miners Hospital; writing a song for the tourists in the play; setting a new scene at the Alpha Beta; and giving poor Parley Lamar yet another problem to overcome. over-come. The play is double-cast in some roles, but Fleisher said audiences like both casts. Fleisher said one major casting change has occurred since opening night. Colleen Wimmer, who played the Valley Girl, had to leave the show for personal reasons and was replaced by Leslie Luyken. Leslie gave up the role of the heroine Jennifer, which is now played in all performances by Debby Rapp. "THIS is the Place" will run Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Egyptian . Theatre. Parley Lamar, the Mormon missionary, may not succeed in making any conversions. But his story, the comic musical "THIS is the Place." has triumphed by becoming the most successful show ever from Park City Performances.. Perfor-mances.. David Fleisher, co-author of the play, said he is "pleased, to say the least, by the reception." The other playwrights were Katherine Janka Reynolds and Mike Phillips. The musical has given 15 performances at the Egyp tian to over 1,900 people, said Fleisher an average of 130 people each night. "That is double the average of any house they've had," he said. , The play has attracted attention beyond Park City. A columnist from the Wall Street Journal expressed interest in writing about it. Utah Holiday Magazine is planning an article, said Fleisher, and representatives from "PM Magazine" liked the play. As for negative reaction, "it's received a fractional amount ot criticism," said Fleisher. He said audiences love the scene where two tourists wonder why they can't get liquor in a restaurant like any other civilized part of the world. "This isn't the civilized civiliz-ed world, this is Utah," replies a waitress. Another popular bit shows Parley almost drowning in a hot tub while hiding from his stern mentor, Rulon Pratt. On the other hand, said Fleisher, the Miners Hospital scene has been weak; and the |