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Sunday, September 24, 2006

"West Side Story" - Second Weekend

Left: Lieutenant Schrank (Mike Jones) gives the Jets a piece of his mind.


Second weekend of shows. Friday seemed to lack some energy, most notably during the 'Mambo.' Chino (Nick Peters) got a foot and/or ankle injury during the opening number, and limped around the rest of the evening. Ryan hit Henry a bit too hard on the head in the Krupke number, and afterwards, over at Applebee's Andy brained himself on a low-hanging light fixture. According to Steve, long-time community theater players David & Lori Holmes showed up for a final hurrah before moving to New Mexico (Rio Rancho???), where David will be managing a Verizon Wireless store.

Saturday was more energetic, but suffered a strange problem: the bass player decided, on a whim, that she was going to play drums during the Krupke number, and the odd percussion knocked the singers completely off-beat. Embarrassing! David Ott's family all showed up, though, which was great.

On Sunday, the bass player was let go. A reasonably good show, although Tony was a bit off the music at times. In the frightening near-rape scene in Doc's shop, Anybodys (Chloe Condon) got a bit excited and slapped Anita (Amanda Morish) in a breathtaking wayn - that realistic-sounding slap sounded real for a reason.

Talk to the hand!

Some pictures from Sunday's show:

"Cool"






Bernardo (right, David Ott) knifes Riff (Robert Coverdell).





Tony (Colby Salmon) and Maria (Chelsea Baldree) in the "Somewhere" ballet.



Tony (Colby Salmon) and Maria (Chelsea Baldree) in the "Somewhere" ballet.

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