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</I></SPAN><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>If you listen carefully
while in the audience of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Tintypes</I> at
the Rabbit Run Theater, you can hear the screams from the Corkscrew and the
splash from Thunder Canyon.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
current production—a musical revue of turn-of-the-20<SUP>th</SUP> century
tunes—has singlehandedly shortened the distance between Madison Township and
Sandusky.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>There is no getting
around the fact that <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Tintypes</I>,
conceived by Mary Kyte, Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle, is Cedar Point Amusement
Park fare. It is appropriate for those 48” or taller and most suitable for those
100 years or older.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>The show takes the form
of a parade of musical numbers from a by-gone era that are thinly connected by
themes—such as the innovations of the industrial revolution and the gaiety of
vaudeville—and a few recurring characters, including a Charlie Chaplinesque
immigrant.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>So plentiful are the
songs—48 in all, presented as partial musical segues or in their entirety—that
one can run and grab a corndog and a coke without missing anything of
significance. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>The songs are sung by
five young performers in period costuming, who occasionally take on the persona
of Teddy Roosevelt, anarchist Emma Goldman and Ziegfeld girl Anna Held, not
unlike the way Cedar Point artisans double as Hanna Barbera creations.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>The music ranges from
patriotic anthems (George M. Cohan’s ''You're a Grand Old Flag”) to ragtime
syncopation (Scott Joplin’s “The Ragtime Dance'') to novelty numbers (Ed Moran
and J. Fred Helf’s “Teddy Da Roose”).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It is all presented in a breezy, lightweight style that requires little
to no effort to attend and enjoy.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The production values are not unlike
those found in the free entertainment at Cedar Point’s </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN>Good
Time Theatre, with benches, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">boxes and partitions making up the
set.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Assorted props such as flags,
canes and parasols comprise the eye candy, and projected photographs provide the
historical context.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is a
no-frills production.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Of course, Rabbit Run
Theater is no amusement park and it has the well-earned reputation of bringing
in superb local talent for its productions.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This revue is no
exception.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Director Sandy Kosovich
Peck and choreographer Sarah Ruple do a remarkable job keeping this show from
becoming too schmaltzy, too similar from start to finish, and too desperate to
please.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Their approach to the
material is simple and direct, and they trust that the performers will engage
the audience and sell the songs, which they do.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Lincoln Sandham, Heather
Arata, Brian Altman, Maria Thomas Lister and Lindsey Sandham—most of them Rabbit
Run regulars—are superb musical theater players who have adapted their talents
to this nostalgic showcase.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They
sing and dance marvelously, and handle the occasional bits of pantomime,
vaudeville stand-up, and dramatic presentation with ease and with an abundance
of charm. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Music director Ed Leonard
and his five-piece band bring life to songs over a century old. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>With music as the axis of this
enterprise, they not only support and lift the performers’ magnificent
harmonies, but they do these classic songs justice. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Tintypes</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> piggybacks on the musical revue
concept introduced last season, when Rabbit Run performed <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">My Way</I>, a tribute to Frank Sinatra.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Make no mistake, however.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These are very different products and
productions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">My
Way</I> offered songs still in the collective consciousness of its audience,
which tapped very personal, romantic recollections.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These compositions by the world’s most
legendary tunesmiths, including Sammy Cahn, Cole Porter and John H. Mercer, are
entrancing.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some of the songs
in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Tintypes</I> are familiar, but few
resonate and one would be hard pressed to call the works of, say, John Philip
Sousa entrancing.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>While the vast Sinatra
songbook recreates the sexy, alcohol-enabled, Vegas cocktail lounge<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>sophistication of the 1950s, the
music in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Tintypes</I> merely presents a
static, black and white portrait—a tintype—of a time we only recognize from the
history books.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Rabbit Run
production of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Tintypes</I> is as good a
presentation of this show as one can hope for.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Still, you half expect to have your hand
stamped on the way out.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Tintypes
</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">continues through
June 11 at Rabbit Run Theater, 5648 W. Chapel Rd., in Madison Township. For
tickets, $<SPAN style="COLOR: black">17 to $19, call </SPAN>440-428-7092 or
visit <A href="" target=_blank><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">www.rabbitrunonline.org</SPAN></A>.<A
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