Having seen the LA production, it was interesting to compare. There were performers in the LA production that I thought were absolute perfection, but I did find that there were some in the Olympia production that ended up preferring.
I thought the Olympia Fred and Joyce were wonderful, and in many ways liked them better then the LA versions.
I was quite impressed with the actress who played the Olympia Yoni. The LA Yoni was perfect, but there was something about Olympia Yoni that I really enjoyed. The gal who played her is a fine character actress, and I would enjoy seeing her in another play someday. She reminds me of a Carol Burnett type.
There were times that I liked the Olympia Zubrick, but DR Cason is Zubrick, in my eyes.
I liked the actress who played Private Parts (though I didn't think this was a good part for her) and I kept imagining that she might have also made a very good Yoni. She was certainly very pretty, and I loved her hair. The LA Private Parts was completely silent (which worked great) but this Private Parts had some lines, which I found odd, and it really added nothing to the show, and in fact detracted from the General Mills/Private Parts scenes.
The Olympia Brain was completely different then the LA Brain...and I have to say that I LOVED THE LA BRAIN. The guy who played the Brain in LA is my hero. You never saw his face and yet he stole the show.
I thought the Olympia Brain actor was quite good as well and played totally different, but I must admit that I preferred the LA Brain costume which was a giant floating brain with glasses. It was cute and funny and endearing. But maybe that is just me. The Olympia brain had the actor with a giant brain protruding out of his head. It just didn't have the endearing cuteness that I loved about the LA brain. Plus, when the Brain states "...and I don't even have a head," it made no sense, when we could see that certainly he does have a head...(the LA brain was all brain, there was no head).
DR George was part of the ensemble, and honestly I thought he would have made a good Private Parts, but I did enjoy his rendition of a country hick.
My other favorite in the play was the nurse. She did a great job.
The narrator was also good .
All in all the play was a lot of fun and I am glad to have now seen two versions of it!
