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By FRANCES BISHOPP
Rappahannock Ncwi Staff Writer
If you’re just a bit down in the dumps and you’re looking for an evening that will cheer you up, make you laugh and set your toes to tapping, make a point to see the Fauquier Community Theatre’s “Pump Boys and Dinettes” at the Washington Fire Hall on Saturday, June 11.
First-time director Lois Ross cuts a wide swath with this upbeat rock/country/blues/and a touch of gospel musical revue set in a gas station-diner “somewhere between Frog Level and Smyrna.”
It is every Southern cliche packaged deliciously on a set cleverly created by set designed Deborah Lester, who seems to understand “tacky” in the most artistic sense of the word.
The “pump boys” are led brilliantly by veteran performer Jack Stanton whose voice wraps itself around the lead in a variety of songs from rock and roll to country.
He is backed up by Chris Mothershead, who plays a mean piano and lusts after Doily Parton; Rob Devening who incorporates the Elvis charm into his approach to women; and Herb Edward, the little bit dense but good-natured guy who ^sports a “Farmer Tan” and one of the better looking bald heads.
It’s a family affair as sisters Gail
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