“Faybulous” Breathes New Life

The play begins with a merry woodsman with one slight problem; despite his love of nature, he is allergic to trees. Woody Woodcutter, played by Christopher Bergamo, has a particularly violent sneeze, which causes him to throw his weathered wooden axe into the river. He cannot make a living without his axe, so Water, the Rivermaid, playe

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The audience was left feeling that it was the Rivermaid talking but Gilbert singing. This story was a little darker than the others, which allowed the actors to show their depth. This story, with its jazzy music and well-developed characters, was a favorite of both children and adults. Matthew McCarty, who played Wayne, was a riot partnered with Marseglia, and their song, “A Chicken Is a Beautiful Thing,” was the highlight of the show for me. It’s diverse music, humorous twists and turns, and mostly flawless casting, made it a show worth seeing for all ages. If “Faybulous” is presented at CCU again, I definitely recommend that you go see it. When Water finally gives him his actual axe, she rewards his honesty by giving him all three axes. Of course, Daddy Cool Turtle wins the race because he finishes what he starts, and Jacky and Daddy remain friends. Gilbert played an amusing sprite complete with a Barbara Walters speech impediment, but when I saw the show on Saturday night, she didn’t fully come into her character until after she’d finished her operatic entrance song. She dives into the water and first produces a gold axe and a silver axe, and Woody is forced to decline both of them because they aren’t his. With Bankston’s imagination, the hare became Jacky Rabbit, wonderfully played by Patty Verzella, a young lady with “sweet little feet” who knew that there was no way that Daddy Cool Turtle, a Kerouac-like Ollie Marseglia, could beat her. ” The Granny, also played by Verzella, was nearly killed in Padagonia with the rest of her company while trying to capture the Hen, and she gives every golden egg to charity. The two quickly fall in love and move to the desert away from all the trees. Verzella and Marseglia made their characters breathe life that I’d never thought possible in such a familiar story.

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