Dove Cameron And Cast Signed Clueless The Musical Off Broadway Playbill
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:12537892 | Original/Reproduction: Original |
Here she comes again. Cher, our lady of the sunshine plaids and a take-charge kind of gal, has commandeered a New York stage to preen on. And in this festive season of getting and spending, she is eager to usher nostalgic admirers down her own special memory lane, which looks a lot like Rodeo Drive. This Cher (last name Horowitz) is the central character of the affable “Clueless, the Musical”. The whole production, choreographed with a dutiful energy by Kelly Devine, suffers from a... similar heightened twinkliness. It makes you appreciate how adroitly Ms. Heckerling sidestepped caricature and preciousness in her film. Like its shortsighted, matchmaking heroine — who looks for love in all the wrong places — the movie exuded a delicately balanced aura of deadpan, self-delighted innocence.“Clueless” cultists will find many of their favorite lines have made it to the stage intact, including Cher’s immortal put-down, “As if!” (Sadly, not included is her defense of her virginity: “You see how picky I am about my shoes, and they only go on my feet.”)But the witticisms scarcely register amid the steady trickle of repurposed pop hits from the 1980s and ’90s, which have been given new lyrics to match the plot. These include songs that were used in the movie, such as “Supermodel” and the climactic “Kids in America, ” which now features the unfortunate declaration, “It’s lame to say that you like love/But now I get what people all talk of.”Portraying the denizens of a 90210 high school and their teachers and older relatives, the cast members romp a bit aimlessly amid Beowulf Boritt’s yellow-plaid, all-purpose set, dressed in Amy Clark’s shorthand versions of designer clothes of the period. As they sing new variations on yesteryear favorites (“What if God was one of us?” becomes “What if Cher didn’t have a trust?”), they suggest a peppy “Clueless” fan club, putting on a makeshift show for themselves. The amiable cast members include Chris Hoch as Cher’s high-powered lawyer dad and Dave Thomas Brown as her disapproving (but secretly adoring) stepbrother. The appealing Zurin Villanueva is Cher’s bestie and accomplice in binge shopping and Ephie Aardema is the lumpen new girl they try to remake in their own image. This playbill was signed by the Off Broadway original cast-Ephie Aardema, Sara Andreas, Gilbert L. Bailey II, Dave Thomas Brown, Dove Cameron, Will Connolly, Danielle Marie Gonzalez, Tessa Grady, Talya Groves, Chris Hoch, L’ogan J’ones, Darius Jordan Lee, Justin Mortelliti, Megan Sikora, Brett Thiele and Zurin Villanueva.
