{"id":243710,"date":"2010-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/no-need-to-read-a-bedtime-story-during-starlights-latest\/"},"modified":"2010-07-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T07:00:00","slug":"no-need-to-read-a-bedtime-story-during-starlights-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/no-need-to-read-a-bedtime-story-during-starlights-latest\/","title":{"rendered":"No need to read a bedtime story during Starlight\u2019s latest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Pajama Game\u2019 is \u2018stuffed to the gills with singing and dancing talent\u2019<\/p>\n

Por Charlene Baldridge
\nCr\u00edtico de Teatro SDUN<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"No<\/a>
Joey Elrose (left) plays Sid and Courtney Corey portrays Babe in \u201cThe Pajama Game.\u201d (Ken Jacques)<\/figcaption><\/figure>When the Old Globe produced the Broadway-bound revival of George Abbott\u2019s \u201cDamn Yankees\u201d in 1993, the 106-year-old theatrical legend trooped down the aisle under his own power, and when he received a standing ovation reportedly said, \u201cThere must be somebody important here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently through August 1, Starlight Theatre treats audiences to another of Mr. Abbott\u2019s hits, the 1955 Tony Award winner \u201cThe Pajama Game,\u201d which he directed and co-wrote with Richard Bissell, author of the novel \u201c7 1\/2 Cents,\u201d upon which the musical is based. The original production introduced songwriters Richard Adler and Jerry Ross\u2014and also a choreographer named Bob Fosse.<\/p>\n

Although Starlight\u2019s production contains tantalizing whiffs of all its genius creators and is stuffed to the gills with singing and dancing talent, the book fairly creaks with age despite such fantastic musical hits as \u201cHernando\u2019s Hideaway,\u201d \u201cSteam Heat\u201d and \u201cHey There.\u201d <\/p>\n

It\u2019s bright and easy on the eyes and ears, due to the excellence of director\/choreographer Carlos Mendoza, the firm musical direction and conducting of Justin Gray and the eye-catching costume designs of Tanya Bishop. <\/p>\n

Courtney Corey, who played Dee-Dee in \u201cSuds,\u201d plays protagonist as Babe Williams, a worker and grievance committee chair in the Sleep Tight Pajama Factory. Despite his volatile nature, Babe falls in love with the new supervisor, Sid Sorokin (Joey Elrose, who seems more comfortable singing than dancing). Babe is advocating for a long-promised 7.5-cent workers\u2019 raise, which Sid opposes until he discovers that his boss, Hasler (Dale Morris) gave the increase long ago and has been pocketing the difference. Meanwhile, the union Prez (Paul Morgavo), despite the fact that he’s married, makes the moves on every employee. Joe Joyce portrays factory timekeeper Hines, who\u2019s stuck on steno Rae Henderson\u2019s free-spirited Gladys. These two are comedic hoofers who spark the show despite Henderson\u2019s mugging and the requisite drunk scene.<\/p>\n

The scenic design is a true delight, efficiently gliding and flying from locale to locale, from Babe\u2019s house, to the stitching room, to the company picnic, and to the office of the Prez. Even the sound system behaved. Supporting roles are nicely played by Jennifer Wilcove, Sarah Michelle Cuc, Julia Celano, Dale Morris, Jesse MacKinnon and Marlene Montes, and the 15-person ensemble is a delight to watch and hear. Gray is blessed with a 10-piece orchestra, including himself on piano.<\/p>\n

Like all Starlight productions, \u201cThe Pajama Game\u201d is suitable for all ages. <\/p>\n

Through August 1
\nThursdays-Sundays, 8 p.m.
\nStarlight Bowl
\nparque balboa
\nTickets: $10-$75, kids free & youth program Thursdays and Sundays
\nstarlighttheatre.org<\/a>
\n232-STAR<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Pajama Game\u2019 is \u2018stuffed to the gills with singing and dancing talent\u2019 By Charlene Baldridge SDUN Theatre Critic When the Old Globe produced the Broadway-bound revival of George Abbott\u2019s \u201cDamn Yankees\u201d in 1993, the 106-year-old theatrical legend trooped down the aisle under his own power, and when he received a standing ovation reportedly said, \u201cThere […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":243711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"No need to read a bedtime story during Starlight\u2019s latest","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11549,11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}