The show is earthy in language and situations, especially with the boss. The show has multiple scene changes that disrupt the pacing. On the technical side, making a stage musical based on a movie is a challenge. In setting up the story, Dolly Parton in the video says, “The whole world is about to change.” Doing the show live, on stage now with Dolly Parton’s recent image on display brings the show out of the past into the present. Not dated: A tone set by the three leading women characters of the #metoo movement, along with pay equity and equal chance for job promotion for women. Dated: Carbon paper, typewriters, white out and other stuff in a business office at the time. The story is set in 1979, and things in it are dated and not dated at the same time. This is just guessing: Dolly Parton is proud of the show and wants to attach her name and image to it because it presents her as being ahead of the curve in social change. Everything else is live, in-person on stage with an eager and experienced local cast led by veteran director Therese Burazin. At the end, she tells what happened to the characters after the highly improbable story ends. In the unique video, Dolly Parton introduces the main characters at the beginning. She wrote the song “9 to 5” for the movie, which arrived in 1980. She wrote the music and lyrics for the stage musical, which arrived in 2008. (WFRV) – Dolly Parton was at the performance of “9 to 5, The Musical” Thursday night in Little Goodrich Theatre.ĭolly Parton is more than casually interested in the show. When he died in 1949, he was superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools.FOND DU LAC, Wis. Goodrich was superintendent of Fond du Lac Public Schools from the early 1920s to 1941. Being part of an active building, the lobby and all the necessities of theatergoing are well-kempt. Steps up to the stage on either side are in inset areas. The stage is raised approximately three feet above the floor of the seating area. Side walls rise from a flat cream-colored surface, to smallish tan bricks to vertical, dark pattern wavy surfaces (for acoustical purposes). The floor is concrete, with carpeted aisles in a tan pattern. Seats are metal-backed, with tiny check-like multicolor fabric in the seat cushions and backs and wooden arm rests. Tan is a dominant color – seat backs, wall shadings, stage front, etc. The space is high, somewhat wide and on three seating levels. in the former Goodrich High School, today part of the Fond du Lac School District office building. THE VENUE: Goodrich Little Theatre is located at 72 W. “Seventeen” (Reprise) – Veronica, Martha, H. “Dead Girl Walking” (Reprise) – Veronica, JD, Students “Shine a Light Fleming” – Students (except Martha), Faculty “My Dead Gay Son” – Ram’s Dad, Kurt’s Dad, Ensemble “Our Love Is God” – JD, Veronica, Kurt, Ram, Kurt Chandler, Officer Milner, Officer McCord, Mrs. Chandler, Veronica, all Students, Faculty “Beautiful” – Veronica, Martha, Ram, Kurt, Principal, Coach, Mrs. Musical selections (recorded instrumental soundtrack) Kurt’s Dad/Veronica’s Dad/Principal Gowan – Tim MarkleĮnsemble – Abigail Ford, Greg Halbur, Al Schmitz, Niki Villa, Sethe Christiansen Ram’s Dad/Big Bud Dean/Coach Ripper – Jacob Fredrick The first performance Thursday night earned a standing ovation from a fairly well-attended house. They seriously pull off this production, which has budget limitations expected of a community venture. + The players – most in their 20s – come with experience. + Some situations in the show are normally not part of musicals – brazen bullying, a teen booze party, female-instigated teen sex, a psychotic leading character. The writing takes realities that we don’t want to talk about and puts it in front of you in a dark, humorous, and tragic way.” + In her extensive director’s notes in the printed program, Bree Gens tells a personal saga along with matters to the point about the show: “The raw and intense writing in this show is shocking, but that is what I love about it. One motto on shirts is “It’s okay to not be okay.” + Started in late 2019 with impetus delayed by COVID-19, Impact Theatre Company has a goal “to utilize theatre as a form to create discussion on social issues.” An aim is “to partner with a different, local non-profit for each show.” For “Heathers: The Musical,” it is National Alliance on Mental Illness, which has a presence of a person and materials in the lobby.
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