Participate In It Awesome

A Mary's Hideaway presentation from the musical by 50 percent functions with music by Phillip Swann, additional music by Jim Andron, Michael Cruz, Marilyn Harris, Emilio Palame, Ray Steelman lyrics by Mark Winkler book by Martin Casella and Ray Dean Harris, produced by Harris. Direction by Sharon Rosen.Henry - Michael F. McGuirkbr/>Lena - Robyn HurderMary - Sally MayesWill - Michael BuchananEddie - Chris HochThere can be a subset of Off Broadway musicals including five roughly folks in the bar who sing of love and loss for any couple of several hours before everyone goes home unhappy. The figures, that's, despite the fact that malaise often stretches for the audience. The producers of "Participate In It Awesome," within the Acorn, no less than include an ace inside the hole: Sally Mayes, who grabs our attention if they leave her with a sound lesson about jazz, love, or perhaps the thrill of wearing men's suits, and for that reason prevents the evening (then one suspects half everyone else) from wisping away. Story focuses on a Hollywood nightclub, Mary's Hideaway, stored without any sign outdoors the entrance. Individuals things starts getting a 19 forties-noir private agent engrossed in trenchcoat and stage fog, this despite the fact that the show is decidedly non-noirish as well as the time is 1953. This is often a "funny" club, we are told, and not just like '-' funny. The non-public detective calculates not to become private agent he's a plainclothes cop, who makes Mary's Hideaway to collect his $200 payola after which it just sits there via a couple of times of plotting. The cop extorting money from Mary (Mayes) is, appreciate this, Mary's ex-brother-in-law -- they are interested in each other she makes him a sandwich -- and despite obtaining a loyal offstage wife calculates to experience a secret that belongs to them (despite the fact that it ain't a well known fact to anybody carrying out a story). Also on tap certainly are a sexy lady singer, who's itching for just about any movie contract and calls Mary "mother" (though not inside the parent/child sense) a slimy MGM producer in the Arthur Freed unit together with a sweet youthful boy-singer just in the bus who's catnip for the older males. No matters as lengthy as Mayes stands there and sings. Michael Buchanan, since the sweet youthful factor, calculates to experience a fine voice themselves he even holds their very own within the second act duets with Mayes. The comfort in the cast simply works the material, such since it is. Show, began within the Celebration Theater in La and extra developed at both NY Musical Theater Festival as well as the National Alliance for Musical Theater festival, requires the commercial Off Broadway stage with five stars, three artists, and surprisingly than nine credited authors. Lyricist Mark Winkler, really the only sole-specialist among the group, boasts within the program bio that he's the coauthor of "Naked Boys Singing." You will discover no naked boys here, despite the fact that boys hug the boys as well as the women hug the ladies and everybody sings.Choreography by Marc Kimelman. Music direction by David Libby. Set, Thomas A. Walsh costumes, Therese Bruck lighting, N Sullivan appear, Carl Casella and Peter Fitzgerald music supervisor and arranger, Joe Baker production stage manager, Jane Pole. Opened up up Sept. 14, 2011, examined Sept. 11. Runs through March. 9. Running time: 2 Several hours. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com