Night At The Museum Of Rock N Roll is one of the best shows Jubilations Dinner Theatre has put on in quite awhile. With an awesome soundtrack ranging from Beatles to Van Halen to Journey, to incredible performances by the cast, it sets the bar for what the Jubilations product should be.
The concept parallels the "Night in the Museum" movies - Ted is a goofy security guard (Bob Cunningham, who also wrote and directed the show) at the Museum of Rock and Roll. When a voodoo guitar that Jimi Hendrix smashed during a concert is put back together, the wax figures come to life. Ted has to team up with the likes of Diana Ross (Crystal Chaitan), John Lennon (Craig Patrick Haley), Elvis Presley (Mat Andre), and former schoolmate Kelly Clarkson (Chelsea Scantland) to battle a wickedly evil Madonna (Erin McLean) as she tries to escape the museum. Every time the moveable stage spins around, you are eager to see which performer is next to come to life.
These musical icons are just a few of the artists that make an appearance over the course of the evening, and since they are shown on the front of the program I don’t feel bad revealing them. But a total of 17 musicians are played by the chameleon cast. Andre in particular plays 7 different characters and nails each one perfectly. Chaitan shows incredible diversity and gender bending in her characters as well, while Haley’s Lennon is a dead-on impersonation both in look, mannerisms, and voice.
The difficulty in writing this review is in both trying to find the words to describe it without saying "awesome" over and over again, while at the same time not giving spolers. So I will just say this. If you haven’t been to Jubilations in awhile, or ever, this is the show to see.
With the additional cast playing characters like Axl Rose and Stevie Nicks, and seeing the essence of some of music’s greatest performers brought to life, Night At The Museum of Rock N Roll is one of your best bets early this year for an entertaining night out.