ARTFULL
CIRCLE THEATRE PRESENTS "THE ANDREWS SISTERS"
From the people who
brought you "Christmas with the Crawfords."
Artfull
Circle Theatre's latest musical comedy production, "The Andrews Sisters'
Hollywood Canteen," featuring songs of the big band swing era and
World War II, opened on May 20th at THE DUPLEX (61 Christopher Street,
NYC - 212-255-5438 - http://www.theduplex.com/).
Inspired by the morale boosting movies and radio broadcasts of the
wartime era, the one and half hour show includes up to 30 hit numbers
(including many Andrews Sisters' standards) from the period, with
a strong emphasis on three-, four-, and even six-part harmony vocals.
Written by Mark Sargent the show is directed by Donna Drake, with
musical arrangements by Joe Collins. Performances are M Mondays &
Wednesdays at 9:00 through June 24th. All performances are $18.
"The Andrews Sisters'
Hollywood Canteen" features seasoned singer-performers Trauma Flintstone
as Patty Andrews, Brant Kaiwi as Maxene Andrews, and Mark Sargent
as LaVerne Andrews. (Trauma, Brant and Mark also appeared as the famous
singing sisters in Artfull Circle Theatre's 2001 production of "Christmas
with the Crawfords" at the Chelsea Playhouse.) Rounding out the cast
are Toni Smith as Helen Tremaine the ingenue, Joe Levesque as Biff
Baxter the sailor boy, and Curtis Conlin as Frankie Davero the crooner.
The audience gets in the act too as they become the sailors, soldiers
and marines who come to the canteen for a little fun and music.
Artfull Circle Theatre,
an award winning company founded in 1992, has produced original musical
comedy theatre in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and New York
City. The emphasis has been on drag performance in a theatrical setting,
and inspiration for most of ACT's work has come from the "Golden Age"
of Hollywood movies.
Artfull Circle Theatre's
most well known production is the holiday show "Christmas with Crawfords",
which debuted in 1992 in San Francisco and ran there for the following
seven years. There have been productions in Los Angeles, Seattle and
Portland, Oregon as well. In 2000, Artfull Circle Theatre moved the
show to New York (earning a Drama Desk nomination) and a 2001 revival
met with both critical and box office success. Plans are in the works
for both a New York revival and new productions across America this
year.
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