Wig 'Dazes' audience into to laughter

Satirizing every country from the east, west, south, and north, and every compass direction in between, Mask and Wig's new show Around the World in a Daze will bring a smile to anyone who has ever traveled. The show is full of great musical numbers and comic skits, with many stars from the cast shining bright. College senior Brian Bell brought the house down with his impersonation of Prince Charles singing "I Don't Want to Be the King." He wanted to be the queen. College freshman Michael Shames' small but hilarious slide show of his summer vacation was great, as he had to improvise sound effects when one of his props broke. And College senior David Koff stole the show many times. His rendition of Noah trying to convince his wife to go with him on a cruise was downright hysterical. And no one should miss College junior Michael Silverman's supporting characters like Jose the Spanish Waiter, the German pianist and the Italian-waiter-who-does-not-understand-Americans. The cast needed a bit more practice with the costumes and props, since more than once an actor went on stage with some part of his costume missing: one even danced with falsies hanging from the waist. And in another skit, the actors had to say their lines without lights, or with lights that blinked on and off. Although some parts did drag on, most of the acts more than made up for them. Gems included "Turista, Schmurista", a tale of American tourists in Spain and their encounter with the Don Juan of their dreams, and "The 1991 OPEC Awards," an excellent satire dealing with oil prices. Props included a running locomotive, a hovercraft climbing the walls, and a shuttle rocketing across the audience. Around the World in a Daze, Mask and Wig's 103rd production, will run until Spring Break in their downtown clubhouse at 310 South Quince Street, with the February 28 weekend played on-campus in the Annenberg School.

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