In a tribute to the late Stan Lee, director John Lennox looked for superhero plays, and found “Superheroes” by Ian McWethy, a one-act that inspired a “second act” in somewhat the same mode of interlaced vignettes. The second one-act, “Heroes Disassemble,” was written by Tobin Bates, Daryth Lennox, John Lennox and Harmony Taft.
It was a full two hours of sketch comedy, with a dose of John Lennox’s well choreographed fights, as we watched a wide variety of superheroes from The Avengers, X-Men, Justice League and more. I found it fun, but I imagine it is a lot more fun to fans of these superhero franchises, which I have seen only in commercials and general pop culture. There were a few kids in the crowd and though it is a little complicated and/or imposing grown-up situations/jokes on the heroes, it is certainly family-friendly and fast moving.
LCC has cast a company of summer performers for both this and the upcoming Three Fairy Godmothers July 24-28 - directed by Paige Tufford at LCC’s outdoor amphitheater between Dart Auditorium and the Gannon Building if the weather cooperates. It is difficult to praise individuals, since all were playing multiple roles, and some I was seeing for the first time and couldn’t match names with characters — but I did particularly enjoy Edward Heldt, who opened the show, and also Quinn Kelly and Kenneth Glynn. Other company members include Olivia Hines, Kali Langschwager, Daryth Lennox, Will Palmer, Kelly Robinson, Jo Schwitzer, Ian Smith, Rachael Steffens, Brendon Todd, Caleb Tracy, Wyatt Wesley and Joey Wood. (I see that Ken Glynn, Abby “Mufasa” Hill, Tony Nelson and Harmony Taft are “guest performers” which probably means they are not in the Fairy Godmothers show.)
We passed the outdoor stage on the way to Gannon, and the set is very colorful; I hope they get to use it the rest of the weekend! The show continues through Sunday at 7 pm every day.