The Taffetas on Good Morning, Arizona!

For all of the Morning Folks…

The Cast of “The Taffetas”
will be performing on Good Morning Arizona!

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Tuesday, July 3, 2007
KTVK – Channel 3
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

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By Lizz – July 3, 2007

And We’re… The Taffetas!

The Taffetas, a musical revue featuring a female quartet (L to R): Debra Qualtire (Kaye), Lacy Sauter (Cheryl), Elizabeth “Lizz” Reeves (Donna), and Laura Webb (Peggy), will play at the Copperstate Dinner Theater. It’s 1950-something and Kaye, Peggy, Cheryl and Donna –four singing sisters from Muncie, Indiana –are making their national television debut. “Spotlight on Music,”a fictitious weekly program on the real-life Dumont Television Network, is the framework for an evening featuring some of the greatest hits of the ‘50s. This isn’t the Elvis ’50s, but the years before rock ‘n’ roll changed the world. A nostalgic nod to girl groups of the era, The Taffetas pays tribute to the sounds of The Maguire Sisters, The Fontaine Sisters and The Chordettes. The Taffetas opened Off-Broadway on April 9, 1989 at the Cherry Lane Theatre (New York) and ran for 165 performances.

The Taffetas will play at the Copperstate Dinner Theater, 3801 E. Washington inside the Phoenix Greyhound Park. Performances are Friday & Saturday evenings dinner 6:30, curtain 8:00. And Sunday Supper Shows with dinner 5:30 and curtain 7:00. The ticket price for all performances is only $32.95 per person which includes dinner and the show as well as tax and gratuity. Dinner is a sit-down service, not buffet. With a choice of four delicious entrees: prime rib, grilled salmon filet, teriyaki chicken breast, and vegetable lasagna. Meals come with side dishes, salad with choice of dressing, rolls and butter. Appetizers, desserts and beverages are extra. A full bar is available.

Forever Plaid With Two X Chromosomes! Directed by Debra Qualtire (Kaye). Musical Direction by Russ Noble (Buddy). Call (602) 279-3129 for Reservations!

Copperstate Dinner Theater
June 1 – August 26, 2007

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By Lizz – June 1, 2007

Hot ‘N Cole is De-Lovely

Linda Voremberg
Contributing Writer

CAVE CREEK – The lyrics of one of Cole Porter’s most famous songs aptly describes the current Desert Foothills Theater Main Stage Show at the Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center. It is delightful and energetic, fast-paced and full of very familiar songs. Theater audiences will find themselves humming the music, even if they are too young to remember the words. Some of the songs are interpreted in a more modern way and others in the original style so there is something for all age groups.

The performers are a company that blends their voices beautifully, harmonizing and obviously very well rehearsed. The costumes reflect the 1930’s and 40’s when Cole Porter was at his peak and the cast includes historical notes as they sing and dance.

The influence of Emmy award-winning choreographer and director Dee Dee Wood is seen throughout the performance with the dancing and timing for which she is so famous. Shannon Wallace is sophisticated and slinky in “I’ve Still Got My Health” and Charlie Jourdan is smooth and masculine with his baritone voice in “I’m a Gigalo.” Elizabeth “Lizz” Reeves rolls her eyes and shakes her fists in “I Hate Men” and Valerie Saunders yearns for New York in “Take Me Back to Manhattan.”

Chris Fidler uses his fine tenor voice to tell the “Tale of the Oyster” but musical director and pianist Bill P. Moore and The Company bring the audience to tears with “Broth of a Boy”, an unproduced Irish tune that is dedicated to “the fine young men and women taken from us too soon.”

At last, the finale “You’re the Top” leaves everyone singing and clapping along and so happy to have shared this de-lovely musical experience. Hot ‘N Cole, the Cole Porter Celebration, runs through Jan. 28 on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons. Tickets are available at the door or call (480) 488-1981.