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"Z'a. cHih,J Scott "' ' I ,Iq ~'t(rcI~ n.· RA ll{~:rhroughJune 23 i., REVIEWED BY BRUCE WILLIAMS oJ, Sullivan, Steven Bishop Seely, Felicia Din- widdie, Gretchen Kingsley and Meredith t'svery fitting that a mere five actors Robertson make a good case for decipher- Itackle the 30-plus roles in Das BarbecrJ, ing the madness at hand, and leave it to now being presented at the Zachary Scott the powerful Dinwiddie to finally encap- Theatre Center's Kleberg Stage in Austin. sulize everything in the simplest terms -, After all, the story - a modern, musical before the audience is turned loose to sit comedy updating of Wagner's famous back and enjoy itself. The story is involved opera trilogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen, but rather inconsequential; getting there can be more than a trifle confusing at provides most of the fun. Everyday woes times; so why shouldn't this game of musi- like traffic jams seem a little less frustrating cal roles also keep audiences on their toes when they're stacked up against things like and constantly thumbing their scorecards the mess Woton makes from his post as for who's who? top god or the way sister-in-law Freia is But don't sweat it Just when everything dragged off by giants. again seems a bit baffling, here come Alberich (Sullivan) has stolen the River- some more snickers and laughs and a maidens' gold and turned it into a ring that catchy tune to erase any frustrations and is both powerful and cursed. Woton (Seely) once again light up the audience with takes the ring and gives it to grandson smiles and applause. In the end, the pri- Siegfried (also played by Sullivan) who mary thing you come away with is the finds Brunnhilde (RObertson), who's been memory of what a good time you've chained to a rock of fire by her daddy had ... and a pledge not to mess with any Woton. Siegfried falls in love, frees her and dwarves. gives the ring as a proposal. Then the The opening number, "A Ring of Gold in dwarf Alberich's son Hagen (Seely) slips Texas," has the cast -trying to sort out who Siegfried a mickey in an effort to get his did what to whom for the audience, setting hands on the ring, so that Siegfried finds the atmosphere for what's to come. Dan himself engaged to Gutrune (Kingsley) while Brunnhilde becomes a love slave the ranch and the vastness of the scenes, the one-eyed god tires of the scheming and gets engaged to Gutrune's brother even as they are constantly changing. and the competition and begins to appreci- Gunther (Seely). And then things begin to John Ore's lighting and Bil Pfuderer's cos- ate the simpler things. get complicated! tumes also are superb, and the five-piece Dinwiddie is the powerful rock in such Most of the action takes place at and band led by musical director Allen Robert- roles as Woton's wife Fricka, the narrator around Rancho Gibich, the Texas spread son complements the scene and the and Erda, who's Woton's mistress and belonging to Gutrune and Gunther and moods well, though once or twice a viewer srunnhilde's mother. Kingsley as Gutrune their half-brother (apologies to anyone who might wistfully wish for a full orchestra to and Robertson as Brunnhilde are strong, gets the mistaken idea that this is a size accompany the tunes. The music is an- though secondary to the male characters; joke!) Hagen. A huge cookout is planned other slight weakness of this production, they do seize their moment to rule with for the dual weddings, with roast pig and as there are no well-known songs that grab their number "Barbecue for Two," when roast beef and a field full of fixin's; but just the audience, only catchy or promising they tackle the cookout feast doublehand- who'll tying the know with whom remains numbers like "Makin' Guacamole," "Barbe- ed. The two women pass on the hopeful up in the air. cue for Two" and "Wanderin' Man." message - as did Woton and Alberich in The Texas twang of characterizations Director Rod Caspers' cast is the strong- an earlier riverbank confrontation - that and country and western music turn the est point of this production, as his five tal- even rivals and enemies can find common opera tragedy upside-down. Jim Luigs and ented performers do a great job of defining ground on which to coexist and thrive, if Scott Warrender wrote the tale and the and differentiating about a half dozen char- they want to and work at it a bit. music for the Seattle Opera a couple years acters apiece and making each one come The audience may have to work at it a ago, and it translates magnificently to the alive. The narcoleptic Hagen, who falls bit to keep track of the soap opera-like Texas stage ... with a few local twists tossed asleep standing up and then snaps out of entanglements of Das BarbecO's charac- in for good measure. Now that they don't it in mid-sentence, and the evil Alberich, a ters and plotlines, but when one just sits have their gold anymore, the Rivermaidens shrunken Walter Brennan sound-alike, pro- back and enjoys the ride, it's a lot of fun. are reduced to working as synchronized vide comic relief amidst the intrigues, and This play is in the spirit of oldtime musicals water ballerinas at San Marcos' Aqua- Seely and Sullivan milk the roles nicely.