A few drops of heaven
The Norris Theatre offers three weeks of “Singin’ in the Rain” Wesley Alfvin stars as Don Lockwood. There are certain facts audience members must understand before attending the opening of the stage version of “Singing’ in the Rain” tomorrow night at the Norris Theatre in Rolling Hills Estates. Most importantly, the play is a play based on a movie that’s a movie within a movie. It’s simple to follow, really. The story of “Singin’ in the Rain” – 1952 screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, songs by Arthur Freed (lyrics) and Nacio-Herb Brown (music) – tells how a rival studio scores an enormous hit with its first talking picture, 1927’s “The Jazz Singer.” R.F. Simpson, head of the studio producing “The Dueling Cavalier” decides he has no choice but to convert his new movie into a talkie. The production is beset with difficulties that reportedly reflect what actually took place during the early days of talking pictures. The stage script (1985) is nearly identical to the movie script, according to Norris Artistic Director James Gruessing, who also directs the play. Did I mention that it rains in the picture? It will also rain inside the Norris beginning tomorrow night. Gruessing…
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