| Show Tf Penzance J Grand Theatres Theatre's Pirated t The Grand Theatre continues their acclaimed run of Pirated Penzance By Tawny Nielsen Arts Editor Picture this actors are running about in their underwear while squeaking or rather screeching out their lines and a aman man has a bra braon braon braon on running about in a ladys lady's curly wig and dress Where else can you see all these things happen on stage other then during Pirated Penzance The Grand Theatre started their first run of Pirated Penzance last weekend Based upon the show Pirates of Penzance by Sir William S. S Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sul Sullivan ivan James C. C Christian turns this classic tale into a twist of musical comedic brilliance Christian originally came up with the idea for his play in 1998 when considering his casting pool for his production of Pirates of Penzance I found myself wishing that I had the ability to splice gene-splice during during during dur dur- ing the casting process I wanted the vocal ability of one actor to merge with the physical appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance of another said Christian In seeking a solution to his problem he realized that such wizardry takes place all the Hollywood So I set about the task of creating creating creating cre cre- cre- cre Marshall sound studio where hardly anyone anyone anyone any any- one does their own singing said Christian Pirated Penzance takes place in 1933 and follows the tale of the making of the Marshall Pictures' Pictures Pirates of Penzance under the overbearing jurisdiction tion of director Roger Marshall Following Marshalls Marshall's set of rules is his employers the employers the silent movie actors who cannot sing or even speak well and the vocalists who provide the voices for the characters the actors play The movie set has all the comedic makings of an original movie set the flamboyant makeup guy played by Don Farmer a stunt double a prop man played by Jesse Dolce all which add comedic relief on stage As the movie is being filmed Daniel the self-appointed self leader of the vocalists played by Anthony T. T Buck stages a plan for the vocalists to overtake the actors actor's parts and throw Marshalls Marshall's restricted and perfected perfect perfect- ed plans into a chaotic mess All the while Rita J James ames a t Y 1 v 00 t J O T tt j. j 1 w A 51 7 N i 7 f f A f Yf M a aY ovI it f I fy Y 7 r z py I J 0 t A 4 1 h 4 a h r h va r n. iw aai inna inn a 3 o Y r I Narlene Mathie Camille Van Wagoner Anthonly Buck photo courtesy of Th The e S Grand Theatre Hollywood reporter played by Sharon Kennison gets the real scoop on Marshall Pictures In the original Pirates of Penzance the pirate king falls in inlove inlove inlove love with the Major Generals General's daughter In Pirated Penzance Daniel falls in love with Roger Marshalls Marshall's daughter Constance played by Narlene Mathie Not only does the musical include romance adventure and comedy but the musical is constantly moving entertaining the whole way through and may even prove to be more entertaining than the original Pirated Penzance runs November 8 23 Monday- Monday Saturday wi with h performances starting at pm p.m. and Saturday matinees at 2 pm p.m. For tickets call the Grand Theatre box office at Welcome to the unpredictable world of Marshall Pictures where Gilbert and Sullivan gets turned upside down and wildly outlandish outlandish outlandish out out- landish things fall but |
