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Community theater brings laughs and music to fall by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor
Curtains are going to rise all over the borough as the community theater fallwinter season begins, promising a varied selection of entertainments including two big-scale Broadway musicals, a littleknown straight play, a dash of William Shakespeare and a couple of holidaythemed productions. Beginning Nov. 2, the Gingerbread Players will stage their seventh Shakespearean outing since the group’s founding in 1971 with the comedy “Love’s Labor’s Lost.” A battle of both wits and the sexes, the play has been described as the Bard’s “rehearsal for ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’“ a better-known work. Under the direction of Dolly Guinther, the cast is headed by David Friedman as the King of Navarre and Joanna Guinther as the Princess of France. The production will feature original contributions from lifelong Forest Hills resident William Ryden, a composer who has set many of Shakespeare’s words to music. Performances will be at Saint Luke’s Church, at 85 Greenway South in Forest
Theatre By the Bay’s production of “Guys and Dolls,” left, and the Gingerbread Players‘ COURTESY PHOTOS version of “Love’s Labor’s Lost” are two samples of the fall season. Hills, and will take place on Nov. 2 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 3 and 10 at 2:30 p.m. Admission is $12; $10 for groups of six or more. For more information call (718) 268-7772. Often referred to as the quintessential musical, “Guys and Dolls” will be the fall attraction at the Bay Terrace Jewish Center, courtesy of Theatre By the Bay, with opening night also set for Nov. 2.
Based on Damon Runyon’s Broadway fables, the show captures the feel of life in the thirties and features a score by the acclaimed Frank Loesser that includes such standards as “Luck Be a Lady” and “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” The large cast, directed by Lawrence Bloom, spotlights Eli Koenig as slick gambler Sky Masterson, Andria Amarosa as the reserved Sarah, John Canning as conniving
Nathan Detroit, and Lila Edelkind as his long-suffering intended. Performances will be at the Bay Terrace Jewish Center, located at 13-00 209 St. in Bayside, on Nov. 2, 9 and 16 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 3, 10 and 17 at 3 p.m. Admission is $20 for adults, $18 for seniors 62 and older and children 12 and younger. For more information call (718) 428-6363. Opening the same weekend is a musical that played more recently on the Great White Way, “Legally Blonde,” being brought to life by the FSF Community Theatre Group, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Based on the popular novel and movie of the same name, the show follows the adventures of sorority queen Elle Woods, to be played by Brittany Juilfs. After her boyfriend Warner, played by Christian Barnes, dumps her, she follows him to Harvard Law School hoping to win him back. The creative team includes director Maryellen Pierce, musical director Paul Johnson and choreographer David Arzberger. Performances will take place at the Free Synagogue of Flushing, at 41-60 continued on page 53 00 continued
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