Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.misc From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: STAGE Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 06:38:52 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: STAGE Publication Date: Tuesday November 17, 1992 BYLINE: ALEENE MacMINN 'Gilligan's' Sets Sail: "Gilligan's Island: The Musical?" has opened in Chicago, offering everything the television series had and more. The goings-on include a spaceship landing, a rocket launch and a hurricane, all swirling around those seven familiar castaway characters from the TV sitcom. Critical reaction so far has been lukewarm. The Chicago Tribune called it a "mildly amusing diversion . . . neither as bad as it might have been nor as much fun as one wants it to be." Sherwood Schwartz, who created the TV series, produced and co-wrote the musical with his son, Lloyd. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM