ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com


A REAL WINNER !  RECOMMENDED TO THE WORLD !


THIS.... THE CLASSIC 1941 TALE OF SPINSTERS....COMEDY STICHK...AND CARY GRANT.


THE SMARTER YOU ARE..... THE OLDER YOU ARE.... THE MORE YOU CAN APPRECITE THIS PRODUCTION.


THIS THE FOURTH OF FOUR PLAYS AT THE SUPER SUMMER THEATRE SPRING MOUNTAIN RANCH...WEST CHARLESTON.... LAS VEGAS.


OH BOY !


WAS THIS WELL DONE AND WELL PRODUCED AND WELL CAST...PERFECT !


YOU CAN STILL GO........... AND YOU SHOULD...www.supersummertheatre.org.


TWO MORE WEEKENDS....THUR...FRI ....SAT....THIS THE SEPTEMBER FINALE.


WE HAVE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE....GREAT COOL OUTDOOR FAMILYISH SETTING UNDER A FULL MOON WITH WONDERFUL THEATRE DELIVERY...IMPROVING WITH EVERY PLAY...THANK YOU.


IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I WAS OVER THE STORY (THE 1944 MOVIE)...NEVER HAVING SEEN THIS IN THEATRE FORM....START WITH THE TOP...SALUTE TO DIRECTOR TROY HEARD...YOU GOT IT ALL RIGHT...YOU WERE CREATIVE...YOU TOLD THE STORY WITH SOME CUTE SIDELINES AND THE WORLD LOVED IT.
..................... WHO NOTICES EDGES LIKE THIS BUT ME....ANYWAY AS TEDDY ROOSEVELT WENT DOWN THE STAIRS BACKSTAGE OFF SET THEY HAD DECENDING STAIRS SOUND EFFECTS ...EVERY TIME...THIS ALONE PUTS THE PRODUCTION IN THE HIGHEST CLASS...THANK YOU.


I HAD FORGOTTEN THE GUTS OF THE 1944 FRANK CAPRA DIRECTED MOVIE...118 MINUTES THERE...ABOUT THE SAME HERE....HARD TO EVERY TOP CAPRA AND CARY GRANT AS MORTIMER....BUT THEY REACHED A 4 STAR LEVEL IN BOTH CASES.


PETER LORRE....AS DR. EINSTEN IN THE MOVIE AND JOE HYNES HERE....JOE HAD THE ACCENT...THE LIMP....THE LOOK.....HE COULD GO ON TOUR WITH HIS PORTRAYL.
JOHN CARRADINE....AS JOHNATHAN BREWSTER IN THE MOVIE....EPIC PERFORMER....ALEX PINK HERE...ALONG WITH HYNES THE BEST TWO ACTORS IN THE PLAY...PINK'S VOICE LIKE THAT OF GOD.....AND PBS NARRATOR WILL LYMAN...I WISH HE COULD RECITE POE TO AUDIENCES....ALEX...YOU WERE TERRIFIC.


ONLY THE SECOND OF 9 PERFORMANCES AND THEY HAD IT DOWN PAT.....STARTED SHORTLY AFTER 7 ON A PERFECT SET....VICTORIAN DRAWING ROOM...WORKED SPLENDIDLY...TIP OF HAT TO JEFFERY WEBER...SCENIC DESIGN.


WONDERFUL SOUND HERE IN THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF HOW FAR THIS VENUE HAS COME IN ITS PRODUCTION VALUES....JOHN KESSLER SCENIC DESIGN.


WHAT A LOVELY PLACE TO VISIT FOUR TIMES A YEAR OR MORE...2015 SCHEDULE OUT WITH.... BYE BYE BIRDIE...LEND ME A TENOR...BIG FISH....AND TARZAN...NOT TOO SOON TO BE THINKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR. www.supersummertheatre.org.


AMAZING THAT TWO OLD LADIES POISONING ELDERLY GENTLEMEN COULD BE SO MUCH FUN....IT WAS.


THANKS TO THEIR VOLUNTEER STAFF AND ENTIRE TEAM.


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