MERRY SPY SPOOF `GOLDTHUMB' HAS FUN FOR FAMILIES; ELVES ENLIVEN COMIC MUSICAL.Byline: Victoria Giraud Special to the Daily News With yet another James Bond hit now playing in movie theaters, The Moorpark Melodrama's production, ``Goldthumb,'' is right on target with its comic Christmas spoof of ``Goldfinger,'' the 007 film that debuted in 1964. This play, which will run through Sunday, provides tasteful and fun family entertainment for the child in all of us, with lots of opportunities to join in singing familiar Christmas tunes. Goldthumb (Jon Hughes), a naughty boy who once got coal in his Christmas stocking, has grown up to become a nasty man out to get revenge on Santa and the Christmas spirit. He and his dimwitted dim·wit n. Slang A stupid person. dim  witted adj. assistant, Oddbob (Ron Kewish) use the rays of Goldthumb's ``forget-about-it'' machine on the local populace, and thoughts of Christmas disappear. The ray is effective on most people, but not those with the most Christmas spirit, like Suzy (Katie Fraser). But Suzy is mighty discouraged when she finds that Mom (Judie Kewish), Dad (Wakai Jasso) and sister Cindy (Lucian Casselman) have lost their Christmas memory. Miraculously, Suzy finds her way to Santa's Workshop Santa's workshop may refer to
In many current versions of the mythos, Mrs. Claus lives with her husband and assists with the production of Santa's toys, sometimes overseeing their production by (Judie Kewish) and the elves (Connie Choe, Sarah Grasso, Cathy Doebler, David Levy David Levy may refer to:
A project of this importance needs a special elf - Scooter (Scott Fraser Scott Fraser relates to one of the following:
In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , Goldthumb is up to more tricks. He wants his partner-in-crime, Lola (Casselman) - ``Whatever Lola Wants'' - to seduce and kidnap Santa (Jasso) so that no toys get delivered. Plenty of silliness abounds, but Scooter and Suzy find the villainous Goldthumb and despite his dirty tricks win out in the end. A couple of musical highlights from the production include Amy Sullivan's Vaudeville tribute to Julie Andrews, and the comic rendering of ``The Twelve Days of Christmas'' by Mrs. Claus and her rambunctious, youngest elves. THE FACTS What: ``Goldthumb, The Spy Who Stole Christmas,'' by F. Scott Fraser and Bob Fraser. When: 8 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday; 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Where: The Moorpark Melodrama, 45 E. High St., Moorpark. Cost: $12; $9.50 for children and seniors. Information: (805) 529-1212. |
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