May 11, 2010: The Great American Trailer Park Musical

>> Rooney: THERE IS NOW
LOVE LIKE TRAILER PARK
LOVE, AND IT IS ALL ON
DISPLAY, ALONG WITH A
HEALTHY DOSE OF CHEESE
WHIZ, HANDGUNS, AND EXOTIC
DANCING "IN THE GREAT
AMERICAN TRAILER PARK"
MUSICAL.
JERRY BOWEN SAT DOWN WITH
THE STARS, ALL FAMILIAR
FACES ON THE BOSTON
STAGES.
ß WELCOME TO THIS SIDE OF
THE TRACK ß
>> THE TONGUES ARE LOSS,
AND IT IS NORTH FLORIDA'S
MOST EXCLUSIVE
MANUFACTURED HOUSING
COMMUNITY.
ßßß
>> THE SPEAK EASY STAGE
COMPANY ENDS ITS SEASON
WITH THE WITTY, VICIOUS,
AND NAUGHTY FUN OF "THE
GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER
PARK MUSICAL."
>> HOW DO I DESCRIBE
TRAILER PARK.
YOU CAN COME IN AND FORGET
ABOUT THE DAY AND LAUGH
AND LAUGH AND LAUGH.
>> IT IS JEANNIE AND
ORVIN, THIS COUPLE THAT IS
HAS MARRIAGE TROUBLES
AFTER 20 YEARS OF
MARRIAGE.
>> IT IS THEIR STORY AND A
WAYWARD EXOTIC DANCER WHO
MOVES INTO OUR PARK.
>> AND IT BRINGS THREE OF
BOSTON'S MOST WELL-KNOWN
ACTRESSES TO THE COLDWOOD
PAVILION.
THEY'RE MARY, CARY DOWLING
AS TRAILER DIVA BETTY, AND
LEA BETTING, WHO HASN'T
LEFT HER TRAILER IN 20
YEARS.
>> WE JOKINGLY SAY TO
PRODUCERS, CAN'T YOU FIND
A SHOW FOR US ALL.
AND WHEN HE CAME UP WITH
IT, WE'RE LIKE SERIOUSLY?
OH, MY GOSH!
>> NOW THAT THEY'VE BUILT
THE COLDWOOD, THERE IS
FINALLY A STAGE STRONG
ENOUGH FOR ALL
PERSONALITIES.
ß I'VE GOT TO MAKE MYSELF
STRONG ß
>> A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY, A
LITTLE ROCK AND ROLL, A
LITTLE BIT DISCO.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ß
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>> THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF
RUNS WERE A LITTLE HARD ON
THE TICKER.
IT'S BETTER NOW.
YES, WE DO GET QUITE A
WORKOUT.
THANKS FOR NOTICING.
ßßß
>> IS THIS THE FIRST TIME
YOU'VE EVER MANIPULATED A
PLUNGER LIKE YOU HAVE ON
STAGE?
>> WOW, YOU ARE?
TO T.M.Z. ME.
I THINK IT IS THE FIRST
TIME I'VE USED A PLUNGER
IN THIS WAY, ON STAGE,
YES.
>> COLORFUL AND RAUCOUS AS
THE SHOW IS, THE
SENTIMENTS ARE
SURPRISINGLY SWEET.
BEHIND THE FLAMINGOS AND
CEMENT BRONZER ARE A
COUPLE INTENT ON HOLDING
ON TO THEIR LOVE.
AND FRIENDS WHO ARE INTENT
ON HELPING THEM DO IT.
ß I'VE GOT TO STOP MYSELF
ß REMIND MYSELF YOU ARE
THE OWNER OF MY HEART ß
>> THERE REALLY IS SOME
HEART, AND I THINK IT IS
UNEXPECTED, AND IT IS A
NICE TOUCH THAT YOU GET AT
THE END.
YOU GO, OH, THAT'S NICE.
>> BECAUSE WE CAN RELATE.
TRAILER PARK MOVES US TO
REALIZE NO MATTER HOW
MOBILE OUR HOME, WE'RE ALL
THE SAME PEOPLE DRIVING
IT.
>> BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO
GOOD PEOPLE.
IF YOU CAN OVERCOME
THEM -- I'D HATE TO GIVE
AWAY SOME OF THE LINES IN
THE SHOW, BUT IF YOU CAN
MAKE LIKE A NAIL AND PRESS
ON, THAT IS A GREAT LESSON
TO LEARN.
>> Rooney: JARED BOWEN
IS HERE.
SHE SAYS IT WAS A LOT OF
FUN.
WAS THERE ANY UNEASE ABOUT
MAKING FUN OF PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN TRAILER PARKS?
>> I DID SORT OF THINK
THAT WHEN I WOULD FALL
OVER LAUGHING, BUT I THINK
IN THE END -- THERE IS A
REASON THAT STEREOTYPES
ARE STEREOTYPES, BUT IT IS
COLORFUL AND RAUCOUS.
THEY BRING ALL OF THESE
FUN STORIES THAT ONE MIGHT
ASSOCIATE WITH A TRAILER
PARK, BUT IT IS A DECENT
STORY UNDERNEATH, WHETHER
IT IS A CHEATING SPOUSE OR
BEING GOSSIPED ABOUT.
BUT IN THE END, IT IS
OKAY.
>> Rooney: IS IT TRASHY.
TRAILER PARKS IS A WHOLE
DIFFERENT WORLD --
>> ONE CHARACTER HAS THE
HUSBAND ON DEATH ROW.
AND ANOTHER CHARACTER IS
TRYING TO GET HER HUSBAND
AWAY FROM THE STRIPPER.
>> Rooney: THESE THREE
GALS ACTUALLY WORKED
TOGETHER BEFORE?
>> THEY SORT OF CAME UP
THROUGH THE RANKS TOGETHER
IN BOSTON OVER THE LAST 20
YEARS.
AND THEY TOLD ME THEY
ALWAYS PERFORMED IN
BENEFITS TOGETHER, BUT
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME,
STUNNINGLY, THAT THEY'VE
PERFORMED ON THE SAME
STAGE.
>> Rooney: THAT'S GREAT.
JARED, WHEN DOES THIS RUN?
>> THROUGH THE BEGINNING
OF JUNE, I THINK.
>> Rooney: THAT IS IT
FOR "GREATER BOSTON."
CHECK OUT THE 89.7 FOR MY
RADIO SHOW, FOLLOWED BY
CALLIE CROSSLEY AT 1:00.
TOMORROW NIGHT WHY
FISHERMEN CLAIM NEW
REGULATIONS WILL PUT THEM
OUT OF BUSINESS.
THAT AND MORE TOMORROW
NIGHT AT 7:00.
I'M EMILY ROONEY.
GOOD NIGHT.