Class restrictions forbid such a marriage, so naturally Josephine and Ralph decide to elope. Their plot, however, is foiled, and all seems lost. H.M.S. Pinafore is one of the most popular Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and it's easy to see why. John Shulick gets lots of laughs as the gruff Dick Deadeye. All demand the ability to subtly overact, and all are required of the cast of Moon Over Buffalo.
Farce calls for perfect timing and a highly polished delivery.
And farce rarely works well in a small theater, favoring instead the distance provided by the proscenium arch. So for McKeesport Little Theater, with its limited resources and tiny stage, a farce like Moon Over Buffalo would seem to be a poor choice. Yet this community theater knows its audience, most of whom found the ludicrous antics of Ludwig's characters hilarious. Moon Over Buffalo introduces George and Charlotte Hay, aging B-list actors who manage a repertory company. The play is rife with misunderstandings, misidentifications and a certain general mayhem that puts one more in mind of the Keystone Cops than the Noel Coward play the Hays are supposed to be performing.