Veteran and Award-winning Chicago-born and Los Angeles-based Theatre Artist and Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project Founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Actor Darryl Maximilian Robinson shares information and insights regarding his more than five decades of involvement in The Performing Arts.
Theatre Review: ' THE FRONT PAGE Is A Fun Romp Through An Old-Timey Newsroom ' by Therese Dersch
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Theatre Review: 'THE FRONT PAGE Is A Fun Romp Through An Old-Timey Newsroom'
by Therese Dersch
Note: "The Front Page" was presented by The Culver City Public Theatre July 13th through August 4th of 2024 at The Carlson Memorial Park in Culver City, California. The Production recently closed. This is a post-production notice by an audience member.
"The Front Page," the play the film "His Girl Friday" is based on, was first produced in 1928. Written by two former Chicago reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, one wonders what craziness was going on in the newsrooms of the time that inspired it.
The Culver City Public Theatre production is charming, silly in the best Monty Pythonish way, and laugh out loud funny.
The story centers around reporters working the police beat in Chicago. One of them, Hildy, plans to leave the newspaper business for what she feels is a more respectable life as a wife to an insurance salesman. Life, as often happens, has other plans for her.
The play starts off a little slowly to acclimate the audience to the time and feeling of the newsroom, then takes off like a rocket. It's worth seeing alone for a wonderful bit of physical comedy involving a roll-top desk.
The cast is all quite good, with Tanya Laine's Hildy as a particular standout. Her Hepburnese take no prisoners interpretation of Hildy is completely believable.
Supporting cast members are equally strong, and Lynda Palmer as Hildy's long suffering future mother in law, and Tamara Koltes as a prisoner's chair-wielding girlfriend were particular favorites.
The play is at Dr. Paul Carlson Memorial Park and is free. Highly recommended as a fun romp through an old-timey newsroom.
Therese Dersch is an experienced educator and longtime performing arts supporter.
2024 Culver City Public Theatre Publicity and Production Photos of THE FRONT PAGE by Kelsey Danzeisen.
2024 Culver City Public Theatre Cast of Characters Illustration of THE FRONT PAGE by Rizzy Fuentes.
Special Note: Here is a brief videotaped scene of Darryl Maximilian Robinson as Roy V. Bensinger, Rizzy Fuentes as Walter Burns and Tanya Laine as Hildy Johnson in the 2024 Culver City Public Theatre revival production of THE FRONT PAGE.:
Theatre Lovers and Supporters, Here Is A Thank You From A Fine Director: CCPT President Trace Oakley expresses appreciation to your humble servant in The Theatre, Darryl Maximilian Robinson, for his performance as Roy V. Bensinger in THE FRONT PAGE. It is mutually appreciated.
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