OLLI Radio Active Players present "Singin' in the Rain Sr."

Curt Bright Author

05/10/2018 Added

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Seniors sing and dance in the Lincoln Community Playhouse production of the Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds musical classic.

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[00:00:00.411](chorus singing)
[00:00:07.163]♪ I'm singin' in the rain ♪
[00:00:10.449]♪ Just singin' in the rain ♪
[00:00:15.120]This is an old film, made in originally 1952.
[00:00:20.510]And here it is at the Lincoln Community Playhouse
[00:00:22.670]and it's perfect for seniors.
[00:00:24.790]It really does work.
[00:00:26.960]And everybody knows the music.
[00:00:28.729]♪ All I do is dream of you ♪
[00:00:30.670]♪ The whole night through ♪
[00:00:32.920]To participate in the OLLI/RadioActive Players,
[00:00:35.720]what you really need to know is when the auditions are.
[00:00:39.290]And you need to show up.
[00:00:40.610]We use a lot of people and we have people in our shows
[00:00:43.770]who've never been in a play,
[00:00:45.173]in their 60s, 70s, 80s.
[00:00:47.930]They just thought they'd give it a try.
[00:00:49.748]♪ I'm happy again ♪
[00:00:53.280]You don't have to have it memorized.
[00:00:55.050]You can use your script if you want to, even in performance.
[00:00:58.100]And we pick plays that are fun and they're enjoyable
[00:01:01.550]for everybody to participate.
[00:01:02.870]You sing great songs, the dancing is very minimal.
[00:01:06.310]And this is the largest group of actors
[00:01:09.160]that we have had since we began.
[00:01:11.110]And this is our 11th production.
[00:01:13.960]And I can't
[00:01:18.063]stand him.
[00:01:19.260]Lina Lamont, oh my goodness, she's out there.
[00:01:22.590]She's not very bright and she says some very witty things.
[00:01:28.045]I make more money than Calvin Coolidge put together.
[00:01:32.650]And I've been involved in the theater since 1966,
[00:01:36.250]here in Lincoln.
[00:01:37.310]It provides an opportunity for us to continue
[00:01:40.450]to do what we love to do.
[00:01:42.520]Or, it provides an opportunity for people
[00:01:45.020]to start something they always wanted to start.
[00:01:48.670]Okay, so if you're on page seven, look at your lines.
[00:01:52.360]Now the thing about Morrie Enders is
[00:01:55.080]that he does his homework.
[00:01:57.100]And he is just so witty and funny, fun to work with.
[00:02:02.070]So I thought I was having an attack.
[00:02:03.695](laughter)
[00:02:05.740]One of the reasons that I like working with the seniors
[00:02:08.080]is because when I'm directing and I use references
[00:02:11.740]to pop culture, they all get it.
[00:02:13.630]You gotta finish talking to Donna, then exit.
[00:02:16.320]Because when I work with younger people
[00:02:17.970]and I'll mention somebody's name it's like (whoosh)
[00:02:20.320]they have no clue.
[00:02:21.250]And they're here because they just wanna have a good time.
[00:02:24.300]And it's so much fun to be in a room
[00:02:25.715]with people who just want to have a good time.
[00:02:28.126]♪ Haven't a worry, I haven't a care ♪
[00:02:30.231]♪ Feel like a feather that's floating on air ♪
[00:02:32.363]♪ Fit as a fiddle and ready for love ♪
[00:02:34.960]I think this is the sixth one I've done with OLLI
[00:02:37.070]and they're just a lot of fun.
[00:02:38.200]Morrie runs a great show.
[00:02:40.182]He's a great director, he's so positive and upbeat,
[00:02:42.730]and you just meet a lot of nice people.
[00:02:44.608]♪ Good morning, good morning ♪
[00:02:47.447]♪ It's great to stay up late ♪
[00:02:49.166]♪ Good morning, good morning, to you ♪
[00:02:52.790]I just think it's a good opportunity
[00:02:55.320]to do something different that I wasn't accustomed to.
[00:02:58.140]We actually open up a lot of opportunities
[00:03:00.170]and people do a lot of things
[00:03:01.550]that they never though they could do.
[00:03:03.310]It's just so comfortable to be here and do this
[00:03:05.180]and you get up on stage and by the time we get to the play,
[00:03:08.699]you kind of forget about that there's gonna be
[00:03:10.700]people out there.
[00:03:11.600]You say, hey, I can do it.
[00:03:13.110]I ain't dead yet.
[00:03:15.460]It's just fun, lot of fun.
[00:03:17.278]♪ Just singin' in the ♪
[00:03:21.451]♪ rain ♪

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