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THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE in 1982 summer stock...
Posted by: broadwaydanwi (webmaster@memoriesofmelodytop.com) 11:36 am EDT 06/26/22

There's a brand-new page on "Memories of Melody Top!" Click on the link below to see and hear lots of treasures from THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE in the summer of 1982. By the way, I got to see this one! It was a thrilling production. If you decide to play the four audio clips at the bottom of the page, please be sure to listen for these moments: one, the trumpet solo after Keith Rice and Mary Ernster finish singing "Stay, Frederic, Stay!"; two, the wild audience reaction after every encore of "Come friends, who plough the sea"; and three, Doug Sheehan's sincere and solemn speech about the "fragile" and "rare" benefits of Melody Top to Milwaukee. Enjoy the memories from almost exactly 40 years ago...
Link	THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (1982) at Melody Top Theatre
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re: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE in 1982 summer stock...
Posted by: rossprib 08:09 am EDT 06/27/22
In reply to: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE in 1982 summer stock... - broadwaydanwi 11:36 am EDT 06/26/22

I saw this production too! I distinctly remember sitting on an aisle, and after the Pirate King's song in the first scene, the actors dismantled the pirate ship and carried it up various aisles. Two actors carried the main mast on their shoulders up the aisle, but a jam of exiting actors slowed their exit. They were followed by Doug Sheehan (who was then playing Joe Kelly on General Hospital - the age of Luke and Laura!), and he was distractedly acknowledging fans as he was running up the dark aisle himself. In the dark, he did not see that the mast had stalled, and he ran, face first, into the bottom of the stalled mast! OUCH!
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