Breaking Legs
By Tom Dulack
June 2-3 2000
Imperial Theatre

Photo by Brian Goodwin

Cast Tino de Felici..................................................Ken Dodd Angie Graziano.................................Sandra Donnelly Franki Salvucci.......................................Peter Gilchrist Lou Graziano..............................................Irwin Hornik Terence O’Keefe............................................Jeff Smith Mike Fransisco....................................Stephen Tobias

Production Director....................................................Bob Doherty Stage Manager....................................Matt Hamilton Assistant Stage Manager.................. Julie Buckley Set Design/ Construction................Brian Goodwin Lighting Design...................................Darik Hatfield Props................................................Leslie Patterson & Julie Buckley Sound.......................................................Mike Barrett Costumes...................................................Karen Fox Set Painting......................................... Matt Hamilton Hair ...................................................... Shelly Collins Make-Up..................................................... Guila Inch

Review Merry Mobsters “....Breaking Legs makes a fun evening out of ethnic humour...Friday night’s production amused without offending, in large part because director Bob Doherty walked the thin line between ethnic humour and ethnic slur–and the result was a fun evening.....Jeff Smith warmed to his role as Terence O’Keefe as the progressed and he hit his comic stride in the riotous moments when the buttoned-down professor realizes that although he may be getting over his head, he is nonetheless starting to enjoy himself. Hornik and Donnelly are convincing as Graziano and his grown-up daughter and business associate.....Stephen Tobias all but steals the show as a tough-talking, baseball bat-wielding mob boss - Uncle Mike.... The restaurant set - by Brian Goodwin - was very reminiscent of a certain type of Italian eatery... Darik Hatfield’s lighting bathed the restaurant in a warm, cozy glow ....Karen Fox’s costumes (especially for Ms. Donnelly) were perfect and quite entertaining in themselves. After an evening of light-hearted entertainment, most people left the theatre chuckling and maybe dying for some of that Italian cuisine.” Colin Smith, Times Globe, June 5, 2000 Return to archive page