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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017
L AST R ESORT P LAYERS
“Moon Over Buffalo”
Review
B Y B URNEY G ARELICK
W
hile NASA and Elon
Musk talk about it,
the Last Resort
Players (LRP) made the moon
shot-and landed in Buffalo,
where the bison don't roam and
the skies have been snowy this
week.
Actually, LRP stayed home
in Florence and rode blazing
saddles to the Florence Events
Center flat floor stage to tread
the boards in a farcical comedy,
“Moon Over Buffalo.” Written
by the incorrigible Ken
Ludwig, contemporary living
playwright and recipient of tons
of awards and accolades, the
show pulls out all the stops and
pops the corks in a madcap
wrestling match spoofing the-
ater, movies, parents, children,
love, marriage — and eight or
nine months short of a baby
carriage.
“Moon Over Buffalo” is a
verbal dance of parries and
thrusts and a literal bash of
swords directed by a fencing
choreographer, Florence's ele-
gant pianist Jennifer Weier.
Ironically, “Moon Over
Buffalo” has nothing to do with
the moon. All the action takes
place during the day, morning
and afternoon, and indoors, in
the shabby green room at an old
theater in Buffalo, New York.
Plot-wise, in a nutshell,
George and Charlotte Hay are
longtime troupers who ply their
trade in the provinces but never
quite make the big time — like
the Lunts, Katharine Cornell,
Ronald Colma, Greer Garson
and Frank Capra. “Moon Over
Buffalo” is set in the 1950s, so
if you're not yet a member of
AARP, ask Google to illumi-
nate the allusions.
But “Moon Over Buffalo” is
no SAT test. There are plenty of
generic laughs and lots of slap-
stick and pratfalls. After all,
when the set includes five
prominent doors, you know
you're in for some slamming
stage antics.
In Buffalo, the Hays are per-
forming “Cyrano de Bergerac”
and “Private Lives” in reperto-
ry. Imagine Rostand's poet with
the
enormous
proboscis
Introduction to ‘Sacred
Dances’ at FUUF Saturday
World-renowned teacher of
sacred dance and dharma,
Prema Desara, is the creatrix
of profound dance practices
that are a vehicle of empower-
ment that call forth from par-
ticipants their highest expres-
sion of wisdom, compassion
and power.
No dance or dharma experi-
ence is required. Teens, men
and women are welcome.
A $21 donation requested
L OOKING
FOR
but no one will be turned away
for lack of funds.
The presentation will be
held Saturday, March 25, at
5:30 p.m., at the Florence
Unitarian Universalist Fell-
owship
(FUUF),
87735
Highway 101, at Heceta
Beach Road.
For more informatiom,
email Denise Weatherwax at
deniseweatherwax@gmail.
com or call 541-999-7537.
LAUNCH MOON SHOT
addressing Noel Coward's
sophisticated newlyweds on a
seaside balcony in France.
Throw in an officious mother-
in-law, a daughter averse to the
theater, a fiancé, an ex-fiancé, a
lawyer suitor and a pregnant
pause, and you've got a spaced-
out shuttle that shoots the
moon.
LRP space cadets and their
director, Paula Lindekugel-
Willis, have a fine time navi-
gating this show without gravi-
ty.
John Bachmann is intoxicat-
ing and intoxicated as Bard-
spouting George with a side
order of extramarital pulchri-
tude.
Judy Adams plays it straight
as long-suffering Charlotte
mooning over her wish to be a
movie star, yearning for nor-
malcy, and enjoying slaps and
tickles from George.
Daphne John is delightful as
Charlotte's backstage mother,
Ethel, with a tongue as sharp as
her needle and hearing or not,
as she chooses.
Karylynn Keppol is perfectly
at ease on stage, even though
her character, Rosalind, prefers
to be far, far away.
Grant Harmond is the glee-
fully
innocent
Howard,
Rosalind's fiancé and a weath-
erman as enamored of the green
room as the meteorological
green screen.
Victoria Seitzinger is demure
as ingénue Eileen, who finds
herself in the family way.
Jim Wellington is wonderful-
ly manic as Paul, Rosalind's ex-
fiancé who relishes the bite of
the acting bug.
Chuck Knorr is dapper as
Richard, the wealthy lawyer
with tailored suits and eyes for
Charlotte.
The inimitable Noel Coward
wrote a song entitled “Why
Must The Show Go On?”
“Moon Over Buffalo” is a hoot
that delivers a spoonful of
laughter that is as essential as a
day of sunshine in this month
of monsoons.
“Moon Over Buffalo” is full
of fun. Just ask the man who
lives there — in the Moon, not
Buffalo.
The show continues this
weekend, March 24 and 25 at 7
p.m. and March 26, at 2 p.m. at
the Florence Events Center,
715 Quince St. For more infor-
mation or to purchase tickets,
visit eventcenter.org or call
541-997-1994.
Deborah Grigsby
Three Rivers Casino Resort (TRC) will present the Brian
Odell Band at Blue Bills Sports Bar and Tap Room Friday,
March 24, and Saturday, March 25, from 9 p.m. to 12:30
a.m. The Brian Odell Band is an American rock band
whose roots are firmly grounded in funk, fusion, rock, jazz
and folk. Blue Bills is located inside TRC, which is locat-
ed at 5647 Highway 126.
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