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Mousetrap
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have concentrated solely on
the execution (no pun intended)
of the plot and has
missed some of the enticing
4'dark secrets" of the setting.
Oldies
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Goodies
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their actual
rapport with the audience.
Musical director Margaret
Elks is Lorraine, and as Elks
conducts the small orchestra
and plays the piano, she is
constantly ordered from the
stage to "Hit it, Lorraine!"
Musically, the show is not
witnout tiaws. bomeumes
voices were weak opening
night, and the orchestra
overpowered the title song.
But the melodies are never
lost, and the lyrics are often
hysterical. This is especially
true as Harry (Gerald
Floyd) races through the
tongue-twisting "Caper"
and as Walter and Eunice
(Coe and Laura Lee Norton)
toasinclv sine "Do We?".
[claiming certain things are
not divulged by an older lady
and gentleman.
At the heart of the show
however, are the individual
performers.Herring is warnr
and loving as Ida and has ar
i equally warm rappon win
the audience. Marjori<
Turner and Joan Squires ar<
wonderfully brassy as th<
two young waitresses, Melbi
and Fritzi. Turner's voca
work soon belies her ex
perience as a soloist with th<
Columbia Choral Society.
The entire gang is people
with thoughtful am
supremely individua
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Norton is especially good a
Eunice, and with husban
Coe, naturally displays th
pair's Broadwa
background.
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highlights, but no revie<
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Eddie), Abbie Turner ar
Fleeta Seibert.
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Columbia Dance Theate
and 69-year-old Turn<
admonish the crowd to "(
visit your grandmother
and win loud applause i
they sing and dance the
I way though the song of tl
same name.
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the 62-year-old Seibe
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professional dancing e
pertise as she matches Cr<
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The plot is, however,
executed smoothly and the
audience's interest does not
flag. The surprise ending is
naturally exciting, and Bill
Arvay, Jr. should be singled
out for a well conceived and
tempered portrayal of
Detective Sergeant Trotter.
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