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DECEMBER 1, 2018 | <strong>DISCOVER</strong>! 4 | Playbill MARK YOUR CALENDARS! At a Glance: WHAT: Off, Off Broadway presents “The Sunshine Boys” by Neil Simon WHERE: Ashton Legion community Center 323 3rd St., Ashton WHEN: Dinner at 5:30 p.m. and the show at 7:30 p.m. Thursday- Sunday, Dec. 6-9 COST: $26 includes dinner and the show CONTACT: Call 1015 Steak Co. to reserve your tickets at 712-754- 3540 ONLINE: www.offoffbroadwayinc. com Cast Willie Clark: John Jinkinson Ben Silverman: Scott DeKok Al Lewis: King Hickman Patient: Jesse Hickman Eddie: Paul Honermann Producer: Wayne Barahona Nurse: Angie DeKok Registered Nurse: Tami Lyons Angie DeKok and John Jinkinson rehearse a scene for the upcoming Off, Off Broadway performance of “The Sunshine Boys,” which will be onstage Dec. 6-9. PHOTOS SUBMITTED KATE HARLOW | STAFF WRITER The show must go on Off, Off Broadway brings comedy to the stage Dec. 6-9 Ashton is 1,316 miles from New York City. But Off, Off Broadway is aiming to bring a little Broadway fun to Iowa with its upcoming production of Neil Simon’s “The Sunshine Boys.” “The Sunshine Boys” is set to be on stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, Dec. 6-9, at the Ashton Legion Community Center. The evening will begin at 5:30 with a meal catered by 1015 Steak Company in Sibley. Audience members receive their choice of prime rib, pork loin or swai for the meal. Tickets are $26. The show is about the friendship and falling out of Al Lewis and Willie Clark. They were two vaudevillian comedians who were a successful duo for 43 years. Eventually, Lewis decided to retire and left Clark struggling to keep his career alive. The show begins 11 years after their falling out. “My character, Ben Silverman, is the nephew of Willie Clark. CBS wants to do a history of comedy retrospective with Lewis and Clark and it’s my job to talk them into doing it,” said Scott De Kok, who is an actor in “The Sunshine Boys” and serves on the Off, Off Broadway board of directors. “When we get the two of them together is when the fun really starts.” A 1975 film based on the play starred Walter Matthau as Willy Clark, George Burns as Al Lewis and Richard Benjamin as Ben Silverman. “The Sunshine Boys” has much in common with another of Matthau’s most famous films, according to De Kok. “If you like the movie ‘Grumpy Old Men’ then you’ll like this show because we have two very grumpy old men,” De Kok said with a laugh. The eight-member cast has been rehearsing for a few months and before rehearsals started they came to a unique decision. They were not going to appoint a director for the show. “It’s such a different play in that three people have most of the lines. I’ve been involved with Off, Off Broadway for several years now and have been in many shows with both John Jinkinson who’s playing Willie Clark and King Hickman who’s playing Al Lewis,” De Kok said. “In the end, we decided that between all of us we’d been in a million of these shows so we said, ‘Let’s just direct each other.’” He said the cast is having a great time rehearsing together, but they are anxious to bring the show to the stage. “We just like to make people laugh. We would love it if people leave with a smile on their face and when they see us a few days later they tell us that that one part really made them laugh,” De Kok said. “Then it’s all worth it. We don’t get paid. We are just in it for the laughs.” F Ashton | Iowa
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