![]() ![]() The cast’s male members reprise the show’s funny ode to “Danger Zone” from “Top Gun,” as choreographed for office chairs instead of fighter jets and the women get some of Jemima Dutra’s splashiest, most “Solid Gold”-esque costumes for a satirical mashup of “Flashdance” and “Physical.” The segment about the televised tragedy that befell the latter feels integrated more organically into this mostly upbeat piece than in past editions of “miXtape,” and Avila opens it with a pretty and wistful acoustic-guitar take on New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle.” More punk, less “Punky Brewster.”Īlso: The San Diego-connected “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” and its patron saint, Jeff Spicoli, seem significant omissions.īut everybody’s nostalgia trip is different, and “miXtape” does an admirable job of packing in a dizzying litany of ‘80s touchstones: “Top Gun,” Wang Chung, “Love Shack,” Aussie Shampoo, “Pump Up the Jam,” “Dirty Dancing,” “Cheers,” the Challenger space shuttle. And if I were picking, I might’ve salted in some material from the likes of Devo and the matchless L.A. In spite of seeing “miXtape” four times now, I still can’t tell “Full House” from “Family Ties” (maybe not the show’s fault). ![]() Anthony dollar) and Michael McKeon’s dynamic projections give the show a huge visual boost on Mike Buckley’s period-perfect catwalk set. The live band of Leo Correia, Andy Ingersoll, Rik Ogden, Dave Rumley and Oliver Shirley is likewise sharp director Kerry Meads and stage manager Maria Mangiavellano continue to do an ace job of keeping the medleys and mashups turning on a dime (or at least on a circa-1980 Susan B. Humphrey and Joy Yandell - is strong and versatile (and probably a little out of breath this is a really fast-moving show). The seven-member cast - which includes “miXtape” newcomers Angela Chatelain Avila, Marqell Edward Clayton, Janaya Mahealani Jones, A.J. What I discovered: “MiXtape,” created by music director-arranger Jon Lorenz and choreographer Colleen Kollar Smith, is still a good deal of back-to-the-future fun. To find out, I went to the Danger Zone, as downtown Coronado has been described by no one ever. ![]()
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