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As the house opens, Pump Boys Jim, Eddie, Jackson and L.M. come out on stage to tune their instruments. Besides being 'Pump Boys', they are actors, singers, dancers and musicians. While they are busy tuning and chatting, the Dinettes, Prudie and Rhetta, are preparing their Diner for opening and have a little chat with the incoming curius audience. Once when everybody is seated, the show can begin.
Pump Boys and Dinettes -- A Rock 'n Roll - Country & Blues Musical Revue -- is the sort of show that feeds off the energy and pleasure of its audience, celebrating life and love in a small, southern town.
Half of the clever setting is a country diner out on Highway 57, somewhere between Frog Level and Smyrna, and the other half is a gas station, meant to be located on the other side of the highway. Its characters are four guys who pump gas, and two gals, the Cupp sisters, waitress/proprietors of the Double Cupp Diner across the highway. These are six relentlessly cheerful people out to have a good time.
One of the unique and exticing aspects of the show is the fact that the audience is an integral part of the action. For instance, the characters hold a raffle or lottery where one of the audience members actually goes home with a prize, and one lucky guy gets serenaded with a love song.
Though there is a slight plot and a certain inner logic, it's really just a chance for these 6 performers to see that the audience has a good time through song, dance and generally carrying on with country - flavored music and inventive, numerous lyrics.
lt doesn't take tong, once the show begins, to find yourself laughing along with these characters and their boundless enthusiasm for life.