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Running time: 2 hours, 20 minutes one intermission Wednesdays-Thursdays (no performance tonight), 8 p.m. The upshot: SeasonвЂ™s greetings from the third-smallest town in Texas, where the Ghost of Christmas Wacky is paying folks a visit in this yuletide chestnut. Now thatвЂ™s a ho-ho-ho no-no.Д«y Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard The show closes with two lonely souls swaying in the dark вЂ“ which would be sweeter if only Arles werenвЂ™t all hands. When radio commentator Arles asks her to dance, she decides to get down with her Baptist self. Speaking of which, spirits are the only reason Bertha lets her hair down at the Christmas shindig. His deadpan delivery of DidiвЂ™s toxic insults to her sad-sack hubby spike the show like booze in Christmas punch. Hendrixson, meanwhile, nails the zany side of life in Texas. Blackton captures BerthaвЂ™s indomitable spirit even as she shuffles about in poinsettia slippers, trimming the tree by herself. In the wackiest comedy this side of the Rio Grande, surprisingly itвЂ™s the poignant moments that give вЂњTunaвЂќ its savor. They keep the town in chili dogs until their Scrooge-like boss demands that they work on Dec. Helen and Inita (Blackton) are hardworking waitresses with a weakness for cowboys. One of the funniest bits of drag involves two food-service divas with bouffants as high as their hopes. If this incarnation of the Tuna mythology seems a little less nuanced than the original, thereвЂ™s no denying the tidings of comfort and joy that come from pure, unadulterated camp. His eyes are glued to the skies, waiting for his UFO pals to come on down. Her seasonвЂ™s greeting: вЂњAt DidiвЂ™s Used Weapons, youвЂ™ll have a holly jolly Christmas, and the criminals will have a Silent Night!вЂќДidiвЂ™s hubby, R.R. SheвЂ™s another long-suffering lady saddled with a spouse as вЂњuseless as ice-cube trays in hell.вЂќ Didi doesnвЂ™t take any guff. Now, thatвЂ™s nothing as far as Didi Snavely (Hendrixson) is concerned. Turns out heвЂ™s been stuffing some other womanвЂ™s stocking. His car keys are later found in the parking lot of the local dive motel. Then her drunken lout of a husband goes off on a bender. She has to threaten to put on the Andy Williams album to get them out of their rooms.

GREATER TUNA CHRISTMAS FULL

Joe Bob, the director, thinks itвЂ™s just about the worst thing thatвЂ™s happened to the troupe since its all-white production of вЂњA Raisin in the Sun.вЂќД«erthaвЂ™s (Blackton) doing her best to keep up her holiday cheer, but her kids are full of bah-humbug. The tinsel hits the fan when bad luck strikes the town: The good old boys at OKKK radio report that the lights may get turned off on the local production of вЂњA Christmas CarolвЂќ because nobody paid the electric bill. And letвЂ™s not forget the legendary Christmas phantom, who steals lawn decorations on Christmas Eve. ThereвЂ™s bluebird-exterminating, poison-packing Aunt Pearl. There are the smut snatchers, ladies determined to ban вЂњSilent NightвЂќ because of the obscenity (вЂќ вЂ™round, young virginsвЂќ). Welcome to the town that puts the hoot in hootenanny. Wigs and accents get shed on a dime in this ballet of thrown voices and quick changes. YouвЂ™d have to be a Grinch not to chuckle as these tireless chameleons play almost two dozen of the most eccentric yokels ever to hit the stage. San Jose Stage is celebrating the holidays with вЂњA Tuna Christmas,вЂќ the seasonal sequel to the homespun chestnut вЂGreater Tuna.вЂќДЄctors Kevin Blackton and Tim Hendrixson, who starred in the original вЂњTunaвЂќ at San Jose Stage Company last season, reprise their tour-de-farce performances in this crowd-pleaser about the town where the Lions Club is way too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. YвЂ™all are officially invited to spend the yuletide with the good people of Greater Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas. Holiday cheer in the town of Greater Tuna, Texas вЂ“ The Mercury News

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