"The Fox on the Fairway" at Sunset Playhouse

Last night, I took performance photos for Sunset Playhouse's production of the comedy "The Fox on the Fairway".  Anyone who is a fan of golf will love this well-written play about rivalry and romance which reminds me a lot of the 1940's film "His Girl Friday" because of the fast pace and clever dialogue.  The set design is stellar as well, reflecting a real golf club's party room, and the acting is top-notch.  The story revolves around rival golf clubs participating in the main tournament of the year.  When one of the clubs steals the other's main "pro" the other has no choice but to recruit one of their bus boys to take his place.  The rest of the play focuses on romance, family ties and an unlikely tournament winner.

The show runs through June 16.  For tickets and information, please click here.

"Golden Age of Broadway" at Sunset Playhouse

Monday night, I had the opportunity to take archive photos for Sunset Playhouse's concert Golden Age of Broadway.  This concert is part of their "Musical Mainstage" series of shows that they put on throughout the year.  The unique part of this series is that the concerts take place on the set of the current main stage production.  In this case, it was Lucky Stiff, which provided the best backdrop for this type of show, with a fountain, café tables & chairs, and painted greenery. 

Golden Age of Broadway was full of familiar show tunes from musicals that were popular from the 1930's to the early 1960's.  There were songs from Oklahoma, Show Boat, Gypsy, My Fair Lady, and The Sound of Music, just to name a few.

The main cast consisted of five singers, but even the hosts (below) got into the act, singing "Do You Love Me?" from one of my favorite musicals, Fiddler On The Roof.

 

Golden Age of Broadway was Sunset Playhouse's last "Musical Mainstage" show for the season, but next season will provide more concerts such as One Singular Sensation: A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch, Broadway's Best Star Turns, and Time Capsule: The Sixties, Part II.  Information and tickets can be found here.

 

On a side note, if you read my blog post for Lucky Stiff, I mentioned that when I took the publicity photos for the show the set had not yet been completed.  Below is what the finished set looks like, and I think the scenery designer did a fantastic job. 

 



Super! - Children's Theatre at Sunset Playhouse

Yesterday, I had a lot of fun taking performance photos for Sunset Playhouse's production of Super!  Super! is part of the community theatre's series of shows for children, and they put on 4 different shows during the regular season.  Before I talk about the show, on a side note, one of the performers in the show, Andrea Moser (top photo, left) and I went to college together at UW-Whitewater.  I hadn't seen her in over 15 years, but it was great to see her still acting and doing as good a job as ever.

 

The plot of Super! revolves around a teenage girl with the power of invisibility (her name is Izzy as well) who lives in a superhero town and has a superhero mom who can travel around the world at the speed of light.  She is being bullied in school by a fellow student with powers of her own, and she must find a way to stand up for herself and keep her confidence.  The lesson is a good one with school bullying even affecting elementary school students in this day and age.

 

Super! has one more performance, tomorrow, May 4 at 2:30.  Tickets can be purchased here.