CLO’s Pump Boys and Dinettes is Kitchy Fun
Pump Boys and Dinettes, a musical comedy written by Jim Wann and Mark Hardwick in the late 70’s, opened at the CLO, bringing a light-hearted repertoire of melodies to a mixed bag of theater and non-theater folk. The wide-spanning show follows slack-jawed gas station attendants (Pump Boys) and spit-fire waitresses (Dinettes) through a back and forth war of songs and dances, all the while exploring the mysteries of catfish (Actual catfish, not MTV catfish), dating, the mystique of Dolly…