[NEohioPAL]Rave Reviews for "Personals" at Players Guild

Sun May 11 16:20:08 PDT 2003

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The Players Guild Theatre’s
production of Personals opened
this weekend and continues
through May 24. The Canton
Repository’s review of the
production is a glowing one
and is posted below in its
entirety. DON’T MISS THIS
SHOW! For tickets, please
call the Players Guild box
office from 10 am - 2 pm,
Monday through Saturday at
(330) 453-7617. Additional
information can be found on
our website at
www.playersguildtheatre.com
<http://www.playersguildtheatr
e.com/> .

PERSONALS
  Directed by Carla Derr
Musical Director: Steve
Parsons

The Players Guild Theatre
1001 Market Avenue North
Canton, Ohio 44702
Box Office: (330) 453-7617

>From the creators of Friends
comes a sensational stage show
with snappy dialogue,
sparkling songs and superb
cast - this time it's
personal!  Six lonely hearts
are looking for love in New
York's personal columns.  Will
Claire get neighborly with the
guy next door?  Will Louis's
self-help tape help him press
the right buttons with Louise?
Will recently divorced Kim
ever put the man back into
Manhattan?
Book & Lyrics by
David Crane, Seth Friedman and
Marta Kauffman

Music by
William Dreskin, Joel Phillip
Friedman, Seth Friedman,
Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz,
Michael Skloff

OUR CAST:
Louis and Others          Dan
Jackson
Kim and Others
Janelle Couts
Claire and Others         Jodi
Wilson
Sam and Others            John
Popa
Louise and Others
Melissa Day
Typesetter and Others  Don
Johnston

Comical musical ‘Personals’
focuses on dating
By DAN KANE Repository
entertainment writer
CANTON — The perilous
minefield of contemporary
dating is mined for laughs
aplenty in “Personals,” a
fresh and fun musical comedy
now playing in the Players
Guild’s Arena Theatre.
Performed by an inspired and
instantly likable cast of
three men and three women,
“Personals” is a fast-paced
series of skits and songs that
are mostly light and silly but
occasionally poignant. Anyone
who has bravely attempted to
launch a romantic
relationship, who has suffered
personals-ad discomfort, or is
friends with a serial dater
will relate to something here.
Some of the funniest bits
involve personals ads and
video dating, with eager
people seeking to condense
their personalities and
relationship dreams into 50
words or less or brief camera
time. In one comic scene, a
clueless neurotic (played by
Melissa Day) crams all of her
most negative qualities into
30 seconds on video. In
another, a hopeful woman
(Janelle Couts) tries various
wordings of her personals ad
as three men offer kinky
variations.
In one memorable sequence, a
longtime bachelor (John Popa)
happily preparing to move in
with his lady love is
interrupted by three
ex-girlfriends, who tease,
tempt and torment him. In
another, three bachelors with
beers in hand reminisce about
the “good old days” when life
was happier and less
complicated — way back in
second grade.
In recurring skits, a couple
of next-door neighbors (Popa
and Jodi Wilson) are united in
uneasy romance through a
personals ad, a married man
(Don Johnston) eagerly relates
his experiences with his wife
and an unusual third partner,
and a nerdy guy (Dan Jackson)
practices his smooth date-talk
with the aide of a cassette
tape that unnervingly talks
back to him.
A song titled “I’d Rather
Dance Alone” is cleverly
performed by the full cast,
each paired off for dancing
with an inflatable love doll.
In the show’s most somber
musical interlude, a woman
regretfully sings about the
man she left behind.
“Personals” closes with an
ear-pleasing, harmony-laden
full-company number, the
optimistic “Some Things Don’t
End.”
The show’s 15 songs are from
various composers, among them
Stephen Schwartz (“Godspell”)
and Alan Mencken (“Little Shop
of Horrors”). The singing is
of variable quality but it
works for the show; these are
ordinary people after all, not
Broadway belters. The
four-piece combo, led by
musical director Steve
Parsons, offers snappy
accompaniment that
occasionally overpowers the
singing in the small playing
space.
Kudos to the Players Guild and
director Carla Derr for
offering contemporary adult
fare, such as “Personals” and
the earlier “Women Behind
 Bars” and “How I Learned to
Drive,” in the guild’s
comfortably intimate Arena.
Sometimes the simplest
productions offer the most
satisfyingly direct
experiences.
“Personals” runs through May
24, with performances at 8
p.m. Friday and Saturday, and
2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets,
$15, may be ordered at (330)
453-7617 and also are
available at the door.

The Players Guild Theatre
1001 Market Avenue North
Canton, Ohio 44702
Business Office: (330)
453-7619
Box Office: (330) 453-7617
www.playersguildtheatre.com
<http://www.playersguildtheatr
e.com/>
For general information, write
to
info at playersguildtheatre.com
To receive audition notices
and other information by
e-mail, write to
audition at playersguildtheatre.c
om
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bold;font-style:italic'>Personals</span></font></span><span =
class=3DEmailStyle15><font
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style=3D'font-family:Schindler;font-weight:
bold'> opened this weekend and continues through May 24.<span
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">=A0 </span>The Canton Repository=92s review =
of the production
is a glowing one and is posted below in its entirety.<span =
style=3D"mso-spacerun:
yes">=A0 </span>DON=92T MISS THIS SHOW!<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes">=A0 </span>For
tickets, please call the Players Guild box office from 10 am - 2 pm, =
Monday through
Saturday at (330) 453-7617.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">=A0 =
</span>Additional
information can be found on our website at <a
href=3D"http://www.playersguildtheatre.com/">www.playersguildtheatre.com<=
/a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>

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font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>PERSONAL=
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yes">=A0</span></span></span></font></span><b><font color=3Dblue =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Directed by =
Carla Derr<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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Market Avenue North<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>

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Ohio 44702<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>

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</span></font></i><b><font color=3Dblue face=3DArial><span =
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>From the creators =
of <i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Friends</span></i> comes a sensational stage =
show
with snappy dialogue, sparkling songs and superb cast - this time it's
personal!<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">=A0 </span>Six lonely hearts =
are looking
for love in New York's personal columns.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes">=A0
</span>Will Claire get neighborly with the guy next door?<span
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">=A0 </span>Will Louis's self-help tape help =
him press
the right buttons with Louise?<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">=A0 =
</span>Will
recently divorced Kim ever put the man back into =
Manhattan?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Book & Lyrics by<br>
David Crane, Seth Friedman and Marta =
Kauffman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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Music by<br>
William Dreskin, Joel Phillip Friedman, Seth Friedman, =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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color=3Dblue face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;col=
or:blue'>Alan
Menken, Stephen Schwartz, Michael Skloff<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face=3DSchindler><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Schindler'><span
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>OUR =
CAST:<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></span></p>

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face=3DPalladius><span
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Others<span style=3D'mso-tab-count:2'>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
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face=3DPalladius><span
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and Others<span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:2'>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
</span>Janelle Couts<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>

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face=3DPalladius><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt'><span =
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Others<span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
</span>Jodi Wilson<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>

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face=3DPalladius><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Sam =
and Others<span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:2'>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </span>John =
Popa<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>

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face=3DPalladius><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt'><span =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Louise and
Others<span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
</span>Melissa Day<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>

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face=3DPalladius><span
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style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Typesetter and
Others<span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>=A0 </span>Don =
Johnston<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>

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<p style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=3D4 color=3D"#000066"
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:15.0pt;color:#000066;font-weight:
bold'>Comical musical =91Personals=92 focuses on =
dating</span></font></b> <br>
<b><font size=3D2 color=3D"#000066"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;color:#000066;
font-weight:bold'>By DAN KANE Repository entertainment =
writer</span></font></b><font
size=3D1 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></=
p>

CANTON =97 The perilous minefield of contemporary =
dating is
mined for laughs aplenty in =93Personals,=94 a fresh and fun musical =
comedy now
playing in the Players Guild=92s Arena Theatre. =
<o:p></o:p>

Performed by an inspired and instantly likable cast =
of
three men and three women, =93Personals=94 is a fast-paced series of =
skits and
songs that are mostly light and silly but occasionally poignant. Anyone =
who has
bravely attempted to launch a romantic relationship, who has suffered
personals-ad discomfort, or is friends with a serial dater will relate =
to
something here. <o:p></o:p>

Some of the funniest bits involve personals ads and =
video
dating, with eager people seeking to condense their personalities and
relationship dreams into 50 words or less or brief camera time. In one =
comic
scene, a clueless neurotic (played by Melissa Day) crams all of her most
negative qualities into 30 seconds on video. In another, a hopeful woman
(Janelle Couts) tries various wordings of her personals ad as three men =
offer
kinky variations. <o:p></o:p>

In one memorable sequence, a longtime bachelor =
(John Popa)
happily preparing to move in with his lady love is interrupted by three
ex-girlfriends, who tease, tempt and torment him. In another, three =
bachelors
with beers in hand reminisce about the =93good old days=94 when life was =
happier
and less complicated =97 way back in second grade. =
<o:p></o:p>

In recurring skits, a couple of next-door neighbors =
(Popa
and Jodi Wilson) are united in uneasy romance through a personals ad, a =
married
man (Don Johnston) eagerly relates his experiences with his wife and an =
unusual
third partner, and a nerdy guy (Dan Jackson) practices his smooth =
date-talk
with the aide of a cassette tape that unnervingly talks back to him. =
<o:p></o:p>

A song titled =93I=92d Rather Dance Alone=94 is =
cleverly
performed by the full cast, each paired off for dancing with an =
inflatable love
doll. In the show=92s most somber musical interlude, a woman regretfully =
sings
about the man she left behind. =93Personals=94 closes with an =
ear-pleasing,
harmony-laden full-company number, the optimistic =93Some Things Don=92t =
End.=94 <o:p></o:p>

The show=92s 15 songs are from various composers, =
among them
Stephen Schwartz (=93Godspell=94) and Alan Mencken (=93Little Shop of =
Horrors=94). The
singing is of variable quality but it works for the show; these are =
ordinary
people after all, not Broadway belters. The four-piece combo, led by =
musical
director Steve Parsons, offers snappy accompaniment that occasionally
overpowers the singing in the small playing space. =
<o:p></o:p>

Kudos to the Players Guild and director Carla Derr =
for
offering contemporary adult fare, such as =93Personals=94 and the =
earlier =93Women
Behind Bars=94 and =93How I Learned to Drive,=94 in the guild=92s =
comfortably intimate
Arena. Sometimes the simplest productions offer the most satisfyingly =
direct
experiences. <o:p></o:p>

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p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets, $15, may be =
ordered at
(330) 453-7617 and also are available at the =
door.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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