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Entertainment
October 19, 2005 • page 7
NE Playhouse comedy evolves with twists and turns
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female would bawl like a baby
could never be irresponsible;
she is just sick of the working
world of business politics.
Without a little sister to get
2 hours and 10 minutes, it is al-
ready long enough.
If one doesn’t like girly ro-
mance comedies, this one is still
worth a viewing if only to catch
that one breathtaking view when
Maggie pulls back the clothes in
Collette fits the part of the
over-achieving, head-on straight
attorney, but Diaz was a little too
over, and her character’s trans-
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Toni Collette and Cameron Diaz play mismatched sisters who are reunited by their grandmother, por-
trayed by Shirley MacLaine, in the comedy, In Her Shoes.
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Charlotte is played by young actress
Nicole Cioffi.
“This is my first lead, and it has been
challenging learning to portray a 40-year-
old woman. But I am learning a lot and dis-
covering new things about myself,” she
said.
One of the many twists takes place in
the play when Charlotte finds out about the
affair George had with Eileen, played by
Paige Fockler, that ended with a conceived
baby.
“My character Eileen had an affair and
is pregnant in search of someone to be the
father,” she said.
“This character is ditzy, but her secrets
give her meat. I was able to allow my char-
acter to be more than what is apparent on
the outside,” she said.
This play has given the performers a
chance to grow and push new ideas, Cabe
said.
Keith Warren’s experiences have given
him a new view of theater.
“This play is so different. It is nice to
step out of the high school bubble of the
same certain style,” he said.
“It is fun and funny, everything you
could want out of the characters. Plus, the
whole cast is great.”
Cabe said putting on this type of pro-
duction can create worries for a director and
the technical staff.
“For the play to work depends on the
set, actually the doors. We have planned
certain things that ultimately might not
work,” he said.
Nonetheless, the cast is ready.
“I am looking forward to opening
night, but I- am a little scared,” Cioffi said.
Performances are 8 p.m. with a 2 p.m.
matinee Saturday in the NE Playhouse.
The play is free for all TCC students,
faculty and staff; $5 for general public and
$3 for senior citizens and students under 18.
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again.
This task seems to weigh her
down.
The only comfort Rose has
from her boring life is a closet
full of hardly worn shoes, and in her way, Rose meets Mr. Right
that comfort is soon forgotten
when the drama sets in.
Rose returns home f/om a
business trip to find one of her
rare boyfriends in her bed with terribly.
Maggie. But despite all dramatic
The sibling rivalry heats up, tragedies, the viewer knows the
the fights break out and the sis-
terly bond is broken.
Fleeing to Florida by bus,
Maggie intends to mooch off her
forgotten grandmother (Mac-
Laine) in the senior community;
If one likes a good romance
and comedy tear-jerking chick
flick, well then, this shoe fits.
In Her Shoes opened last
week and stars
MacLaine, Cameron Diaz and
Toni Collette as two generations
of females each with their own
set of issues.
Maggie (Diaz) and Rose
(Collette) are a mismatched pair living,
of sisters. From
Maggie is an irresponsible,
best is yet to come, and sad to
say, it always, always ends hap-
pily ever after.
The movie was a very good Rose’s closet to reveal the
shelves and shelves of pumps
and heels.
tually makes use of her life and
talents.
Maggie quickly changes promiscuous for me. At times, I
was frustrated with the immaturi-
ty of her character and her ma-
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and moments when they might
look at themselves and wonder,
“Am I like that?”
MacLaine’s character was
very good.
She really put a lot of time
and effort into making a believ-
able perfect grandmother to Diaz
and Collette.
MacLaine, despite the show-
ing of old age in the neck, hands
and face, plays the perfect grand-
there, she learns the meaning of mother role.
reckless woman approaching her the word “responsibility” and ac-
30s.
Rose, the older sister, is a
high-powered lawyer for a well-
respected law firm in Philadel-
phia.
When the two are forced to
live together because of
Maggie’s irresponsibility, they
move from the bond of friends to
rivals.
Rivals only because Rose
must act like the mother hen to
get her sister back on her feet roles and become the irresponsi-
ble one, but not quite. Rose funnier had it followed the origi-
nal book by Jennifer Weiner.
In the novel, Maggie mas-
querades as a Princeton student
before she makes the big move
to the South.
and is soon engaged. However, with that addition,
But, you can tell by her the movie would have been
character’s actions, moods and much, much longer, and with its
comments, she misses her sister
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Funny is the only word to summarize
the NE theatrical production of Moon Over
Buffalo-.
The NE Playhouse presents the Ken
Ludwig play Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 19-
22.
“This play has many twists and turns
that make it funny,” Director Jakie Cabe
said.
Actor Wesley Riddle agrees with
Cabe’s description.
“I would describe it a comedy with a
capital C ... a fast-paced, door slamming
hilarity,” he said.
The play is set in 1953 Buffalo, New
York.
George and Charlotte are a couple who
have dedicated their lives to acting.
As their careers continue to fall, an ac-
cident has brought famous director Frank
Capra to watch their matinee performance.
His planned appearance gives them a gleam
of hope that stardom is near.
“This play is a play inside a play,”
Cabe said.
Stephen Thomas, TjCC drama instruc-
tor, plays the lead George.
“Stephen and I performed in many
farces together in college,” Cabe said.
“He has not only raised the level of the
performance, he has also set an example for
the other performers,” he said.
Thomas loves the opportunity to actual-
B ly work with the students, saying the learn-
ing process becomes a revolving door..
“When you’re teaching in a classroom,
there is no chance to work with your stu-
dents,” he said.
“Here I get an opportunity to work and
learn from them. It has been challenging,
but I am enjoying it. Hopefully my profes-
sionalism, work ethics and risk-taking atti-
tude has inspired them in some way,” he
said.
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