The Great American Trailer Park Musical

This evening Joan and I attended The Great American Trailer Park Musical at the Auburn Public Theater. Met up with Rita, Jim, Ruth and Don in the lobby. Taking our usual seats we found ourselves seated behind George and Ann.

The house was not filled but the crowd appeared ready to be entertained.

The setting was compact but functional. Always marvel how the set designer can make the APT's limited stage area huge.

The actors were costumed for their respective roles and their dialogue and mannerisms put them over the top, especially the actors who played Lin (named Linoleum because she was born on the kitchen floor), Norbert (a toll booth operator), and Pippi (who did an athletic pole dance).

Each song had a surprise lyric. The music, played by an excellent off-stage band, covered the dial of American radio from country to blues to rock to disco to bump and grind and R&B.

David Wilcox’s review in The Citizen.

Could not agree more with Wilcox's observation that this is a good comedy.

Len Fonte’s review in The Post-Standard.

Fonte's analogy, as delicious as spray cheese on a Ritz cracker, captures the essence of this show.

Other shows of this season:
Singin' in the Rain
Legally Blonde: The Musical
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Cats
Hank Williams: Lost Highway