EDITOR:
“Everybody loves a winner” – so I’d like to add my voice to
chorus of praise currently being heaped on the SVCT presentation of
“Guys and Dolls.” What a delight!
EDITOR:
“Everybody loves a winner” – so I’d like to add my voice to chorus of praise currently being heaped on the SVCT presentation of “Guys and Dolls.” What a delight!
My wife and I were pleasantly surprised at how much this group has grown and developed over the last few years. This is not an easy play to do. It calls for a huge cast as the curtain call will attest and a lot of people have to be move on and off the stage. I marveled at how well and effortlessly this was done and how interesting bits of action were added while stagehands were busy backstage with the sets. You just never had a chance to get bored.
One has to marvel at the tremendous amount of planning and rehearsal all this must have taken. The result is an excellent performance of the Loesser-Burrows classic based on a Damon Runyon tale about a more innocent New York long before drugs, drive by shootings and 9-11. A time when the major crimes were gambling speak-easies. You almost expect James Cagney to make an entrance in black and white.
The strongest number in any production has to be ‘Sit down, you’re rocking the boat’ and I have to admit that once I heard Greg Casper and crew pull off the ‘Fugue for Tinhorns’ in grand style I knew we were in for a treat. Their performance of ‘Boat’ did not disappoint as Mr. Casper commanded center stage and the whole house rocked into a foot stomping triumph. It alone was worth the price of admission.
Highest praise goes to all concerned. They got it right.
Howard Reda, Morgan Hill
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Guys and Dolls” will be on stage Fridays and Saturdays, through May 28 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 23 at 2 p.m., at the Community Playhouse, 17000 Monterey Road at East Fifth Street. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Morgan Hill Community Center, BookSmart, 17415 Monterey Road, 778-6467, and California Music in Gilroy. Details: www.svct.org or 842-SHOW
