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WATERlDO CHRONIQE'Wednesday. August 17. 201] ' I7 mâ€"ffâ€"-mâ€"~â€"m~â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"* g ‘ l t , Q O O . Drayton 8 latest teaches How to Succeed m Busmess thhout Really T rymg 1, Br BUBVRHANM : (Zititosiut Sun . S oitie would appreciate the irony of a if] ; show called How to Succeed in Business . t 3 i A t Without Really 'l‘ryi'iig considering . h ‘x . ‘. ll i what's going on in the corporate world and ‘ ‘ j . l the financial markets. , d ‘ _ ' é : .\lter all. the l‘iilit/erâ€"pri/e-n‘inning ‘ i 'â€" .‘ _' I t musical comedy is all about power. ainhi» ’ fi 5" f , ‘ t tioti and greed But that's where the compar- a - ‘ j; a, L‘ '-" a Q M l isons should stop. said .\ri Butler who plays Q j“ k a“ ,. _// ‘ a e j cunning wintltm‘ nastier I. l’ierrepont l'iiieh ' ’ ~ -~ " a . V ‘ ’ ' 1 who is on the outside looking iiitti the halls ‘ ' ‘ ‘t A 5 1 l _/ l til financial poner and comes up With a * - 3 x ~ Y ] scheme to (‘lllllll tip the corporate ladder. \ ~ % . j this production. that opens at the Dray ‘ t‘ y 1 ton l’estiyal llll'tlll't' starting Aug lH. is more ‘ - about escaping the newts (ll the day and . I cheering on I inch as he deals with the : absurdity til the Hons corporate world. 1 While it tniglit have lessons for today. espe~ t l cially with some of the mismanagement that f 1 occurs at the top, people can laugh at the j ‘ humbling that passes for competence in a i a : corporate world. ,' " " . ”The audiences have been rolling iii the : aisles so far. they '\ e been very generous with _ M“ . ; their lattghter,‘ said Butler. "I always say that 7 ' m "' - a 7 a * y v ML 6 J smiling doesnt tount in the theatre, you ‘ ' u“ 4. i f The ~‘ 4 have to laugh otit loud, anti they've been A can” . ,-.' at“ : loving what they'veheen seeing," " ‘ M -.- ’ M , ._.. I lhe old saying is that most managers are ' 7 j promoted to their level Ul int'titnpetency. and llllt‘ll uses tliai as a springboard for his 4 own use. Ari Butler (centre) performs with the ensemble in Drayton's How to Succeed in Business Mthout Really Trying. ‘ Butler, “ho giatltiated \\llll a degree in “WWW” thumél and history trom New York Universi» "From that first moment he decides he's the theatrical production. with a director Butler was enticed to join the cast after u. stud it's been ti hunt to play going to go from a window-washer to a (EEO guiding the action and actors interpreting he learned that Michael Lichtefeld was "He Wins in the ettd \\lltt h IN fun." said (ll a large corporation, and at this stage of the words and themes. but Butler said it's an directing the local production. Butler had llutler about his character "He gets the girls. my life I understand what it's like to just interesting area to explore. worked with Lichtefeld before in a producA . gets the raise, gets the promotion litit he has decide that I'm going to do something better "That's an interesting piece of this pro- tion of Bye Bye Birdy at the North Shore The- : 1” “VP 0‘ l‘f d l‘" “l [WUPk‘ 1" it” lhl‘fl' tor myself." duction," he said. “As an entire production atre in the US. and loved the experience he . "It's the “her“ an Win, and t'vvn'lhlng Ambition is a word that is associated a lot we have to answer how much of his success had in musical comedy despite playing I with out for him so that ‘s a fun “at to “ith the character. And despite the negative is dumb luck. how much of it is being in the much more serious roles on stage. This pro f \Pt‘nd lhrl’t' hill“? totuititations sometimes associated With the right place at the right time and how much duction has lived up to his expectations. : llutler has already hat! a I lltlllt‘t‘ to get nortl, there's nothing wrong for yearning for of it is that he really took steps to outsman “The title makes this sound like this is a I t omlortalile in the role as it debut at Dray something better and then doing the things everyone around him. lecture on how to make business decisions i [on I ntertainnient's Huron ( minty Play that get you there "As an actor you know that being in the but this isa musical comedy," said Butler, "If ‘ house before coming to the llrayton lt-siital “It‘s human nature." said Butler. "Amht right place at the right time certainly helps. you want to see a doofus of a CEO lose his ”waiti- lot a three week run (too doesn‘t the at the tanadian anti Amen but you also have to be ready to have the power, than comeseeHowto Succeed. " My personal approach is to find its can border," best audition of your life when you have the “it's an old fashioned musical with hum- ‘ niuth ol mysell as possible in the character." Part of this production looks at how opportunity. mable music and great story lines. It's a lot of . said Butler “l-or me. as a .ttl-yit-arâ€"tiltl man. serendipity- sometimes also has a hand in "We've made clear decisions about what fun.” the first thing that Finch says on stage is. “l gtiitlingone's late. we think the answers to those questions are, For more information visit wwwdrayton tan.’ Perhaps it's a little more exaggerated in hilt it's for the audience to interpret." entertainmentcom “ 11 .‘ ;» <_H~ ”fl,ng -â€" .4 ~ ~ ‘ “Lfi 5 f f . , gulplllle'l , 8 mil European Parquet Oak f" ' mg Laminate 88‘ sq. ft. Hardwood Flooring g Q I .._. , ‘ Pod Included 5 ”I “$9. ti. " f . l 7 ’ ‘ "J ‘ 16”x16” Noce 10 mil German mode ; g ' ‘ “ _ . - Traverfine Tile Laminate (ACA) 1 ~ ‘ . 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