Alhambra’s Breaking Legs

April 1, 2014
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The cast provided the costumes, and the gangsters dressed in very expensive looking suits and ties most of the time. Ms.Wilson wore three different fashion plate outfits, befitting her income and status as manager. Orange Park regulars may not recognize Brianna from her last appearance on this stage as the hilarious Oxydol Girl in last December’s White Christmas.

This play had something you find in many other shows that feature food: two backstage chefs Kelly Weaver Franks and Hope Rendell many dishes served during the play.

All the cast except for Terrance and Frankie had interesting Italian accents which they combined with animated gestures as they discussed business, marriage, and murder.

This is a show you don’t want to miss, for three of the mainstays and contributors to Orange Park’s success over the years are on stage. Stan Mesnick, Bill Leseur, and Ray Chute combined have over 100 years of acting experience in comedy, musicals and drama. The average age of the timeless trio is 75 years and what was amazing is that they were line-perfect and truly funny in this play. Thanks fellows, for the many performances we as critics have enjoyed seeing you perform and we are looking forward to your next show.

The Producer of this show was Barbara Wells, the Stage Manager was Scarlette Johnson, and Lights and Sound were by Denise French.

A special note for readers who may be hearing impaired. OPTC along with Theatre Jacksonville and the Times Union Center offer hearing devices available at no charge, on a first come, first serve basis.

OPTC would, we know, like us to pass along the many thanks they have in their program for the support received from the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and The Tom Nehl Fund of the Community Foundation.

Coming up next from June 6 to June 39, 2014 and also not to miss is Post to Post Links II error: No valid type provided with an all-star cast.

The Dual Critics of EU Jacksonville have been reviewing plays together for the past nine years. Dick Kerekes has been a critic since 1980, starting with The First Coast Entertainer and continuing as the paper morphed into EU Jacksonville. Leisla Sansom wrote reviews from time to time in the early 80s, but was otherwise occupied in the business world. As a writing team, they have attended almost thirty Humana Festivals of New America Plays at Actors Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky, and many of the annual conferences sponsored by the American Theatre Critics Association, which are held in cities throughout the country.

They have reviewed plays in Cincinnati, Chicago, Miami, Sarasota, Minneapolis, Orlando, New York, Philadelphia, Sarasota, San Francisco, Shepherdstown, and The Eugene O’Neill Center in Waterford, Massachusetts. They currently review about one hundred plays annually in the North Florida area theaters, which include community, college, university, and professional productions.

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