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Double Trouble: More than a two person musical.

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Double Trouble – Porchlight Theatre

Reviewed by Dan Haymes

porchlightDouble Trouble is a musical farce about two brothers, Jimmy and Bobby Martin, who just moved to Hollywood to start writing songs for MMG Studios; a spoof of MGM studios. After the brothers are given only a few hours to write a hit song, the complication of a mutual love interest adds to the equation. Putting their new song writing career on the edge of destruction.

Double Trouble is the definition of an ensemble show, but without an ensemble. The show is headlined by two true triple threat brothers, Adrian and Alex Aguilar, who display incredible vocal variety, impeccable comedic timing, dancing with enough grace Gene Kelly is weeping, and so much charm that it’s practically seeping out of their pores.

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Rough and Gritty Relationships start off Profiles Theatre’s season with “In God’s Hat”

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In God’s Hat – Profiles Theatre

By Cat Wilson

profilesProfiles Theatre opens their 2013-2014 season strong with an explosive and emotional tale of family loyalty and hatred. “In God’s Hat”, written by Rhett Rossi, portrays the delicate balance of love among brothers with a dark past.

After not seeing each other for ten years, Roy, played by the very talented Darrell W. Cox, picks up his older brother Mitch, played by an equally talented Larry Neumann, Jr. They spend a tense night together in a little motel down the road where they begin to open up old wounds, and Roy struggles with what his brother did. But when a fellow recently-released inmate shows up, Roy is forced to decide between his anger towards his brother and his family loyalty.

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