Show Crazy for You Receives Four Stars By Theresa OConnor O'Connor Staff Writer I Pion Pioneer er Theatre Company delivers an exhilarating performance of Crazy Crary For You rendition of Gershwin's classic deserves a standing ovation for the entire cast and crew Charles Morey the artistic director director director tor and Chris Lino the managing director have done an outstanding job bringing the characters character's life and emotions to the audience As the curtains opened enthusiasm and energy began to pump through the auditorium A stage full of intricate detail opened the world of Bobby Child Stacey Todd Holt Holt transforms the strange tap dancer from New York into a realistic realistic realistic realis realis- tic character the audience cant can't help but love Child has left New York for Dead Rock Nev Nevada da to foreclose on the theater run by Polly Baker Nancy Anderson and her father It is love at first sight when Child looks up to see the vibrant Baker talking rashly to the men in the town Anderson seemed to jump off the stage with her leather trimmed outfits and her western grin The two characters show the trials of young love through their humorous arguments Child promises that the acclaimed director Bela will put on a stage production in Dead Rock to save theater With Child dressing up as the songs dancing and facial expressions expressions expressions tell it all for the audience as Baker falls for The plot thickens when Irene Roth Jessica Frankel visits Dead Rock to see her fiance Child All aspects of the play receive four stars ry Aryl y a 4 9 j 4 1 Iii t 1 t I Photo by Robert Clayton Jessica Frankel and Robert Peterson in Crazy For You The characters leave the audience audience audience audi audi- ence on the edge of their seats in anticipation of what will happen next James Prigmore the Musical Director and the pit it orchestra put on onan onan onan an articulate musical performance The music was incorporated in a delicate delicate delicate del del- manner which combined the music with the dramatic performances performances performances mances on stage This talented cast adds the realism realism realism real real- ism rarely found even in professional profession profession- al productions a quality of blending stage performance with set design and music that can mean the differ differ- ence between three and four stars The stage design by George Maxwell was so ornately done t that at it often left the audience forgetting that it was live theater instead of an extremely large television screen in front of their seats The set included so many buildings buildings buildings build build- ings with such a variety of architectural architectural architectural tural features it was hard not to get swept away by the excitement Dancing girls stubborn women a town full of lonely men along with the main characters prove that anything can happen under the proper prop prop- er circumstances |