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The Enterprise — Michael Koff 
Strong female characters: Hedy LaRue (Katie Kumta) resists the advances of Mr. Gatch (Riley O'Lena); O’Lena was the lead in “42nd Street” last year. Kumta, who is a senior, didn’t audition for a musical until this year, even though she’s in the school’s chamber choir and studies ballet, said Guilderland Players Director Andrew Maycock. “She’s funny and has great instincts,” and she puts on a “hilarious” New York accent, he added. While this year’s musical features several women, “It’s dated, and some of its notions are sexist,” Maycock said. The Guilderland Players found ways to make a song delivery tongue-in-cheek, he said, or to include women in songs or scenes that are traditionally all-male.