Well, here's the part that directly concerns me!
"Buckles is nicely spirited as Amy, putting zing into her duet with Bartosavage, "Make a Miracle," and the comic aria, "The Woman in His Room," while Worcester and Cantu (me, lol) cultivate amiable chemistry as the other young couple, Jack and Kitty."
And thanks so much Elmore! Toscano says this about the show:
"This is a campy show and needs to be performed with tongue-in-cheek irony for modern audiences. The Woodbridge troupe, however, relies on the dialogue for laughs rather than generating a cheeky attitude, losing much of the play's charm."
I'm not sure I agree 100%. I mean, in places there should be a bit of wink-wink-nudge-nudge, but I think you sometimes LOSE comedy when you play it too "cheekily" or "ironically." It's hard to take a show like "Where's Charley?" seriously, yes, but what's wrong with being sincere and looking for laughs within the dialogue? It's not like George Abbott was a slouch at funny lines.
With all this talk of Frank Loesser, I really want to get up to Arena Stage and see his posthumous musical "Senor Discretion Himself." (Are you planning to, Noel? I know what a fan you are). But I'm going to NYC next month and will be spending A LOT of money on theatre and just don't know if I can afford it right now. Le sigh.