T H E AT E R
BY CORINNE BOYER
MAKE ‘EM LAUGH
A DANCE NUMBER IN
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
The Shedd brings beloved Hollywood musical Singin’ in the Rain to the stage
ingin’ in the Rain is my favorite musical. The film
is the ultimate combination of singing, choreog-
raphy, comedy and charisma among actors Gene
Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor and
the rest of the cast, and it brings to life the Roar-
ing ’20s even though the movie is so noticeably filmed on
a 1950s Hollywood lot.
The Shedd’s production, directed by Peg Major and
running through Dec. 17 in the Jaqua Concert Hall, de-
picts the musical’s Hollywood setting. The costumes are
glitzy, the makeup and hairstyles are precise, and the sets
creatively provide a nostalgic window into this beloved
musical. Lights are used to recreate rain, and several big
set changes captured the film’s Hollywood locations.
In the first few scenes, the audience is introduced to a
famed on-screen duo — Don Lockwood (Trevor Eichhorn)
and Lina Lamont (Lynnea Barry) — at Grauman’s Chinese
Theatre in Hollywood. As Lamont insists to the crowd
gathered at the premiere that the she and Lockwood are a
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couple, Lockwood leaves for a Hollywood party.
Lockwood puts his arm around Kathy Selden (Cyra
Conforth), a theater actor he just met, as he attempts to
avoid the crowd. Tom Wilson (Cosmo Brown) comes in
with a strong start and earns immediate laughs with his
version of “Make ’em Laugh” by crashing onto the stage
floor and hanging upside down from a ladder.
The re-creation on stage of the black-and-white film’s
sequence of mishaps includes out-of-sync sound, and The
Shedd audience laughed at Lina’s persistent inability to
follow directions during the projection of takes from the
“Dueling Cavalier.”
Eichhorn and Barry captured the perfect rivalry be-
tween Lockwood and Lamont, while Eichhorn and Wil-
son worked well together as they shuffled and tapped on
a wooden desk while performing the infamous “Moses
Supposes” song.
Several times throughout the show, however, it was dif-
ficult to hear dialog as well as some of the singing. The
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music, conducted by Robert Ashens, sometimes overpow-
ered Eichhorn and Conforth when they sang and spoke.
Although, individually, both Conforth and Eichhorn prove
strong dancers and actors, the pair lack on-stage chemistry.
Some notes fell flat in the song “Good Morning,” but Eich-
horn, Conforth and Wilson were in sync with their time
steps, making the scene enjoyable overall.
During the second act, Barry’s “What’s Wrong With
Me” had the audience laughing at every shrill note of her
purposefully nasally accent. Both Dylan Stasack (as R.F.
Simpson) and Ron Daum (who plays the film director Ros-
coe Dexter and also directed film sequences shown in the
play) were hilarious and carried the production with strong
transitions from one scene to another. The ensemble’s per-
formance added a robust musical element to The Shedd’s
production. The entire cast closed by belting out “Singin’
in the Rain.”
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