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Peter C. Shields ’09, as Officer Lockstock, presented a range of tone and physical comedy that filled the room and carried the show. As narrator, Shields’ unctuous tenor and bawdy gestures sweetened the tone of the show’s uriniferous notes. Other highlight performances included that of Rachel E. Flynn ’09 as Penelope Pennywise, the coin-collecting bathroom bouncer. Her hysterical intonations and clear voice commanded the stage and provided dazzling comedy...
...peeing field?AS: My dog will pee like anywhere he wants to, which is pretty cool. I like that kind of brazen attitude towards urination.Peter C. Shields ‘09RR: Who do you play in “Urinetown?”PS: I play Officer Lockstock, the narrator and law enforcer.RR: Any good pee stories?PS: I had to go to the bathroom so bad yesterday that I had to use the women’s bathroom.RR: Was it cleaner?PS: It was definitely cleaner. They treat women so much better.RR: Did you put the seat down...
Another area in which Urinetown shines is its self-conscious narrative, principally delivered by Officer Lockstock (do you even have to ask if his partner’s name is Barrel?) and sometimes prompted by questions from Little Sally. The dialogue between the two is far funnier than it has any right to be. After a drippy and yet oddly charming love song, Little Sally muses that Hope, the female ingénue, loves her male counterpart, Bobby. “Of course, she does,” replies Officer Lockstock breaking down into tears in his best tribute...
...Officer Lockstock, Jeff McCarthy anchors, and just about steals, the show with his booming voice, towering presence and chameleon-like persona. In the last scene, his line reading of “Yes, Little Sally, yes it is,” left me chuckling for days. I’m laughing right now in recalling it to write this sentence...
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