Opening night was an ebullient affair, made sweeter still by its triumph over a small COVID outbreak amongst the cast that forced a week’s delay for this production. Costumes by Dana Osborne are deliciously extravagant and a constant reminder of where this show lives.
Lines like “because he has a family to support” and other specious excuses still have the power to rankle, along with Franklin Hart’s familiar combination of mendacity and gall. Older audience members in particular will recall the days when female workers were inevitably passed over for lesser specimens who happened to be male. Though the musical is largely a lark, it draws on real-life drama for oomph there is enough of a barbed hook to drive the narrative and fire up joy in the retaliation. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Andrew MacDonald-Smith charms in the role of Joe, the junior accountant in love with a senior staffer. Stephanie Wolfe brings significant sparkle to the role of Margaret, the office lush. The entire cast nails a hilarious Disney-esque spoof with the tune Potion Notion, which sees Violet assume a Snow White costume while the critters of the Magic Kingdom frolic nearby. With a uniformly strong cast, it’s hard to point to a stand-out performance, but Patricia Zentilli does a superb job highlighted by her gutsy and poignant rendition of Get Out and Stay Out, delivered when her ex comes crawling back. The musical Nine to Five runs April 30 to May 29 in the Maclab theatre at The Citadel. It takes a crisis - whoops, Violet has accidentally dumped rat poison in the coffee of evil boss Franklin Hart (Juan Chioran) - to bring the women together as a fighting force.
She is revealed to lack any office skills, but supervisor Violet (Sharon Crandall) quickly assumes a protective role once she learns Judy has been dumped by her husband for a youngster named Mandi (“spelled with an i” moans Judy).īut Violet is not so warm with Dora-Lee (Julia McLennan), whom she has branded a big-breasted tart. Yet despite the risk of comparison to a pet rock - cute in its time, but irrelevant today - 9 to 5 engages the audience with a raft of playful performances and a collection of heartwarming and bouncy tunes by Dolly Parton.ĭirected by Vancouver’s Rachel Peake, the musical opens on Judy (played by Patricia Zentilli) as she negotiates the first day in her new job. The next issue of Edmonton Journal Headline News will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.
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