The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 15, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 May 1989 — Page 76

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Amish Acres presents 'Plain & Fancy'

By STACEY LESCH Staff Writer This year’s summer production at Amish Acres will be a Broadway musical classic, Plain & Fancy.” Although this is the third consecutive year that the musical willbe performed at Amish Acres, ‘‘Plain & Fancy” promises to show some changes. As the nation’s longest running revival of this Broadway hit musical. Amish Acres' production is a charming look at the lives and loves of the Amish, as seen through the eyes of a sophisticated city couple. According to special events personnel at Amish Acres, the first presentation of ‘Plain & Fancy” in 1987, marked the first time in the quarter century of Amish Acres 1 existence that the historic farm presented

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theatrical entertainment. Management was apprehensive when the play opened, for fear the production would be offensive to the Amish population who have made their home in Northern Indiana. But, that’s not the case, says Sonya Harman, head of group sales for Amish Acres. Many of the Mennonite church members who attended the production were delighted by the musical and found it to be very humorous. Harman said that when the production was first originated on Broadway in 1955, the cast consisted of 155 people. The first production at Amish Acres was performed — with many parts deleted — with just four cast members. The second year, the cast grew to eight, and this year, the cast has once again expanded to 10 permanent, professional actors and actresses.

Although the same musical, this year’? production of “Plain & Fancy” will not be the same as the other two performances. Harman says that each year, as the cast grows, so too does the characters, dance steps and even some of the songs, to keep the performance alive and interesting to returning patrons.

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“Plain & Fancy” will be presented each Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 7 p.m., and Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. Matinees are also scheduled at 3 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The 1989 schedule of “Plain & Fancy” runs from May 27 to October 29. For more ticket information contact the box office.