<div dir="ltr"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:5px;border:0px;outline:none;width:989.797px;max-width:98%;overflow:hidden"><h1 align="center" style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:19.8pt;font-size:14px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center"><u><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue">Goofy</span></u><span class=""><u><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></u></span><u><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Verdana;color:red">'Guys on Ice'</span></u><span class=""><u><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></u></span><u><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue">has moments of disarming emotion</span></u><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Verdana"></span></h1><h1 style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px 0px 5px;border:0px;outline:none">
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<p style="font-family:Ariel,sans-serif!important;line-height:13.2pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="4"><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b></font><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal"> </span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal"> By Kerry Clawson Beacon Journal arts writer December 2, 2015 - 05:56 PM</span></p><p style="font-family:Ariel,sans-serif!important;line-height:13.2pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black"><font size="4"> </font></span></p>
<p style="font-family:Ariel,sans-serif!important;line-height:13.2pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;outline:none"><font size="4"><span style="color:black">It seems I’ve mellowed out over the last six years,
considering I found the goofy little musical </span><em><b><span style="color:blue">Guys on Ice</span></b></em><span style="color:black"> more entertaining this time around than I did holiday
season, has a barely-there story and mostly schlocky tunes that attempt to hold
the lightweight 90-minute show together. But this show knows how to laugh at
its own lame hinterland humor in a story about friendship between ice fisherman
in a shanty on Sturgeon Bay in Wisconsin.</span></font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Ariel,sans-serif!important;line-height:13.8pt;margin:0in 0in 3pt"><font size="4"><span style="color:black">Director </span><b><span style="color:blue">MaryJo Alexander</span></b><span style="color:black"> made a preshow disclaimer about the “groaner” jokes that
would be coming and even offered a choice few herself as she led the audience
in practicing their groans.</span></font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Ariel,sans-serif!important;line-height:13.8pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;outline:none"><font size="4"><span style="color:black">The show stars the<span class=""> </span></span><b><span style="color:blue"><u>ever-funny Frank
Jackman</u></span></b><span style="color:black"><u>,</u> who, even when his character
Lloyd is over-emoting as he bursts into song, has a bright spirit that shines
through. He created an authentically disarming moment with the emotional
ballad </span><em><b><span style="color:blue">Everything is New</span></b></em><b><span style="color:blue">,</span></b><span style="color:black"> a tune
about the beauty of ice fishing early in the morning when the rest of world is
asleep.</span></font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Ariel,sans-serif!important;line-height:13.8pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;outline:none"><font size="4"><u><b><span style="color:blue">Bob Keefe</span><span class=""><span style="color:red"> </span></span></b><b><span style="color:blue">also is fully invested</span></b></u><span class=""><span style="color:blue"> </span></span><span style="color:black">in his simpleton character Marvin, whose main goal in life
is to win the heart of a cashier at the Pick ‘N’ Save. The two share some
inspired moves via synchronized Velcro and zipper sound effects as they
perform </span><em><b><span style="color:blue">Ode to a Snowmobile Suit</span></b></em><b><span style="color:blue">.</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Ariel,sans-serif!important;line-height:13.8pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;outline:none"><font size="4"><span style="color:black">Most of the ditties are rudimentary fare with vamping
chords, with one of the funnier ones from Ernie the Moocher (Shawn Galligan)
being<em> </em></span><em><b><span style="color:blue">Leine’s Is the Best Beer</span></b></em><span style="color:black">, an ode to Leinenkugel’s. </span></font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Ariel,sans-serif!important;line-height:13.8pt;margin:0in 0in 3pt;outline:none"><font size="4"><font color="#0000ff"><u><b>Shawn Galligan</b><span class=""> </span>is cute</u></font><span style="color:black"> as Ernie the Moocher, working the audience over
nicely with a “halftime” audience-interaction game show of Wisconsin
trivia. Prizes range from a “one-pack” of Leinenkugel’s to a pickle. He’s such
a cheerful mooch and is so ridiculous on the ukulele, we like him even though
Lloyd and Marvin don’t.</span></font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Ariel,sans-serif!important;line-height:13.8pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;outline:none"><font size="4"><em><b><span style="color:blue">Guys on Ice</span></b></em><span style="color:blue"> </span><span style="color:black">premiered in 1998 at
American Folklore Theatre in northern Wisconsin’s
Door County, written by the late Fred Alley
with music by James Kaplan. Besides its reprise at </span><b><span style="color:blue">Actors’ Summit</span></b><span style="color:black">, it is also playing at the </span><b><span style="color:blue">Milwaukee</span></b><b><span style="color:blue"> Re</span></b><span style="color:black">p for the holidays. In Akron, theatergoers seeking a seriously silly
holiday production just may find this show their cup of tea.</span></font></p>
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Tickets for Guys On Ice is are available online at www.actorssummit. org. Or call 330-374-7568. <font color="#0000ff"><i><u>The show runs thru Dec. 20th, 2015. </u></i></font></h1></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><em><font color="#000099" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><font><font>MaryJo Alexander</font></font></strong></font></em></div>
<div><em><font color="#000099"><font><font><b>Artistic Director</b></font></font></font></em></div>
<div><em><font color="#000099"><font><font>Actors' Summit Theater</font></font></font></em></div>
<div><em><font color="#000099"><font><font>Greystone Hall---6th floor</font></font></font></em></div>
<div><em><font color="#000099"><font><font>103 S. High St</font></font></font></em></div>
<div><em><font color="#000099"><font><font>Akron Oh 44308 </font></font></font></em></div>
<div><em><font color="#000099"><strong><font><font>330-374-7568</font></font></strong></font></em></div>
<div><em><font color="#000099"><a href="http://www.actorssummit.org/" target="_blank"><font><font>www.actorssummit.org</font></font></a></font></em></div></div></div></div></div>
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