Lend Me a Tenor
Vintage Theatre: 2/21 – 3/23
Vintage Theatre’s production of “Lend Me a
Tenor” is farce the way it’s supposed to be directed and played. Brava!
Katie Mangett has cast some great actors and directs the proceedings at a breathless pace!
Andrew Uhlenhopp stuns in his role of Tito
Morelli, the trouble-causing tenor at the heart of this show. You will laugh
out loud a lot at the unstoppable brio of Uhlenhopp’s performance.
Left to Right: Andrew Uhlenhopp and Jeff Jesmer
Morelli’s attention-demanding wife, Maria
has for this reviewer, always been
the character in this farce that has to be played exactly right for the rest of
the farce to work. Sarah MacMillan is a knockout in the part. Why? She’s not
afraid to play it with real gusto. Maria has to upstage the guy playing both
the impresario and her husband, the opera star! She does it to sparkling
perfection.
Andy Anderson is ginormously funny as a
harried impresario trying to keep up with all the drama of the spoiled rotten
opera star and his kuh-ray-zee wife.
Left to Right: Leroy Leonard and Andy Anderson
Jeff Jesmer’s Max is joyously right on as
he juggles keeping his boss at bay, a tenor in tow and his beautiful fiancée in
love with him.
Leroy Leonard adds to the mayhem as a very
funny bellboy.
Kelly Uhlenhopp is as eye-catching as always
in the role of Diana.
This play introduced this reviewer to
Bethany Talley who plays Maggie, Max’s girlfriend and the impresario’s
daughter. She is a pitch perfect ingénue and one hopes to see her upon the
Denver stage again soon.
Left to Right: Bethany Talley and Jeff Jesmer (all photo credits DenverMind Media)
Sean Cochran has provided an attractive and functional set, allowing for all the
frenetic entrances and door-slamming exits.
It’s fluffy fun with no raison d’etre
other than being pure wacky escapist entertainment… and you will laugh your
brains out!
Fri/Sat at 7:30 p.m.; Sun at 2:30 p.m.;
Thurs., Mar. 20 @ 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Mar 22 @ 2:30 p.m.
$26 Adult; Senior, Student, Group
discounts available
303-856-7830 or online at www.vintagetheatre.com
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