Golden Words -- March 29th 2000
(by acid cat)  

This is a preview...this show hasn't started yet, so go see it.  Plug, plug, plug, etc, etc, etc.

So we were fortunate enough to sit in on a Sunday morning rehearsal of the new production by QMT.  I have seen six-year-old ADD kids all hepped up on pixie stix who have neglected to take their Ritalin with less energy than this group of performers.  It was astounding, really, especially considering our state of being after the night before.  But these guys (and gal) really entertained our poor broken heads for a couple of hours around noon.

Here's the deal: five guys, whose names are all Moe-based (didja get that from the title?) travel from the past to help some guy who is having girl problems.  Their sage advice is delivered in song and dance numbers that the audience gets to participate in, like it or not.  But I'm not gonna give away the ending...does he get the girl?...do the Moes go back to wherever the hell they came from as revered gods, or dejected schlepps?  You're gonna have to go yourself to find out.

The show is a musical in the spirit of musicals.  Jazz, Blues, and a Swingy sort of music translate into lots and lots of pelvic rocking fun!  And who doesn't like that?  Certainly not us.  Directed by Mike Payne, with choreography by Oonagh Beharrell, Moe is kind of like Swingers with more singing, and less of the other stuff.  Like Las Vegas.  Or Vince Vaughn.  Not to say that the cast isn't a bunch of lookers: Chris, Tyler, Jewelle, Kevin, David, and Paul, you're beautiful, baby; you're money.

Five Guys Named Moe will run you $10, and it is totally worth it.  Playing March 30th to April 3rd at Convocation Hall (that's in Theological Hall, fools), and April 5th to 8th at Stages, the production is guaranteed to get you movin' and keep you entertained for a couple of hours.  Or longer, if you pick up one of the actors.  Not that we advocate that kind of thing.  And for you cheap-o's out there, there is an $8 show at Stages on April 5th.  

Golden Words -- April 5, 2000
(by feelafel)  

Five Guys Named Moe is not, as you might think, really about Five Guys Named Moe.  You see, the Five Guys Named Moe don't even actually exist!  Well, of course they don't -- they're just characters in a play, right?  Characters in plays don't actually exist.  With the notable exception, of course, of characters in biographical plays, like A Man for All Seasons or Henry V.  Those people really do exist, or did exist.  You know what I mean.

Anyway, the Queen's Musical Theatre (sic) of Five Guys Named Moe actually features only one guy, named Nomax, and his five booze-induced hallucinations, all named "Moe", one of whom (to add to the confusion) is actually a girl.  The alcoholic apparitions take the audience through a cabaret-style jazz romp, at times actually singing and dancing with the spectators.

Despite the confusion and blatant false advertising in the title, QMT's Five Guys Named Moe is an excellent way to spend an evening.  Great music, excellent singing and spectacular dancing make the show worth at least 8 of the 10 dollar ticket price.