Get Tappy at SecondStory Repertory!

 

A sparkly cast photo by Colin Madison

Come On, Get Tappy!
SecondStory Repertory
With Outrage Onstage
Through September 15, 2024
 
SecondStory Repertory is well worth hiking out to Redmond to see their productions. They create pretty sophisticated productions and have a great track record especially for musicals. Their latest musical is a world premiere, co-produced by Outrage Onstage, and the title, Come On, Get Tappy! gives you a pretty good idea of what it might feel like to attend.
 
I anticipated some kind of take-off of the famous song sung by Judy Garland, Come On, Get Happy. And tap dancing, and probably something fairly silly, and at least a little laughter.
 
It’s all that and a bit more. We’re introduced to the Tappy McCrackin Variety Show, starring 10-year-old Tappy, who is an adorable creature when the camera is rolling and a royal brat when it’s not. It feels “old timey” and the music is also kind of classic ‘50s feeling much of the time.
 
However, Tappy is almost turning 11, and there is some kind of rule that each Tappy only stars on the show for one year. Even though that’s a well-known established fact, these little girls who star for one year have real trouble transitioning from recognizable star back to “real life” at the end of their year.
 
The technical aspects of the show are (as usual) really well done. It’s a tiny theater seating about 75? or so audience members. It’s very intimate, yet they are creative in managing lots of characters on stage and making their sets and effects look clean and “expensive.”

September Theater – Intriguing (Fun) Choices

Damn Yankees (courtesy Reboot Theatre Company)

Classics are here! Regional premieres are here! World premieres are here! Even dance theater is here! September brings on a full slate of performance opportunities. Get out yer calendars!
 
Romeo And Juliet, Theatre Battery, 9/1-22/24 (at Kent Station)
The classic love story, performed with Radical Hospitality: Free Admission for All Audiences.
www.theatrebattery.org
 
The Glass Menagerie, Heart Repertory Theatre, 9/1-15/24 (at Kenmore Community Club, 7304 NE 175^th St., Kenmore)
The classic Williams play, a memory of a fragile woman, a high school crush, a son who has to escape, and a mother who cannot escape her dreams of the past. An English-Spanish production.
www.heartrep.org
 
Damn Yankees, Reboot Theatre Company, 9/6-21/24 (at Theatre Off Jackson)
Baseball fanatic Joe Boyd trades his soul to the Devil, also known as Mr. Applegate, to lead his favorite team to victory in the pennant race against the New York Yankees. As young baseball sensation, Joe Hardy, he transforms the hapless Washington Senators into a winning team, only to realize the true worth of the life that he's left behind.
www.reboottheatre.org