"Hollywood Bound," the new Arts Project of Cherry Grove (APCG) show, which opened on June 27 and is repeated on July 4, is chockfull of wonderful music, mostly from Broadway shows that have been made into Hollywood films, but moves along quickly, thanks to the efforts of director John De Marco, musical director Christopher Vassiliades, and choreographer and set designer William "George" McGarvey. You'll find familiar friends, giving it their all, as well as newcomers to the Grove stage, with whom we're more than happy to make acquaintance.

The ensemble, as a film audience, urges "Let's Go to the Movies," as clips featuring Bette Davis, Jimmy Cagney, Charlie Chaplin and other favorites flash on the screen, which rises to reveal the likes of Tony Bondi as Joan Crawford, Robin Kradles as Marilyn Monroe, Dale Lally as Chaplin, and the rest of the cast, joining in this opening song. Soon Coco Love and Lola Galore, in glitzy red-and-silver, topped with red and white feathers, and channeling Marilyn and Jane Russell, confide that they're just "Two Little Girls from Little Rock." Coco and SallyAnn Piacentino, as "Grease's" Danny and Sandy, woo each other with verve with "You're the One that I Want," and Tony endures a long orchestral intro, hoofing and kicking, before he can profess his love for "Bubble Gum," with Dale and Zachary Mordechai as his back-up dancers.

George favors us with his sensitive rendition of "Not While I'm Around," and follows his Hedwig, of the Angry Inch, from last season's "Our Favorite Things," by terrorizing Dale's Brad and Susan Burhouse's Janet as that "Sweet Transvestite," Dr. Frank N. Furter. James Duus gives us a bit of a Louis Armstrong imitation, when he sings of Father Dip, while selling it in "All That Jazz," and shares the frustrations of acting school, where, despite his best effort, he felt "Nothing."

Sherri Rase gives a pep talk to Susan and Ruth Freedner, SallyAnn, and Denise Harbin, as riotous, if chronically losing Mets, opposing those "Damn Yankees" with major doses of "Heart." Satirizing the insidious "ex-gay" movement, Sherri and Eric Coyne experiment in "You Are Woman, I Am Man," and you can guess the results. Singing gracefully, Sherri sculpts the challenging classical line of "If I Loved You" with care, and Eric lyrically laments an opportunity missed in "This Nearly Was Mine."

Director De Marco delivers a dulcet "This Time Around," and Zachary, bursting with energy, burns up the stage, trying to get his attention, declaring "I'm the Greatest Star," and also gives "I Can Hear the Bells" the gayest of twists. Shirley Ritenour introduces herself to the Grove audience with a ravishing bel canto "I Have Dreamed" and gently teaches us "How to Handle a Woman."

In a different take on a familiar lament, Ken Woodhouse plays doctor to psychosomatically ailing Robin's Adelaide and, in a tour de force, embodies father-to-be Billy Bigelow, as he soliloquizes. Glamorous Robin makes a more determined Adelaide, trying to resist temptation and insisting, "Take Back Your Mink," backed by a no-less-glamorous Denise and SallyAnn. Earnestly singing and dancing, Dale reveals the romantic Beau Brummel beneath, in "All I Need Is the Girl." Newcomer Colm Reilly pours out heart and voice, expressing intoxication with "Maria," and desperate yearning in "One Song Glory."

James, George, Bob Verbrugge, and Eric, as the barbershop quartet from "The Music Man," serenade Sherri and Susan B., whose mascot is delicately limned by Tony.

The cast closes the first act with "You Can't Stop the Beat," perfectly cast with twins Ruth and Susan as Tracy and Edna Turnblad, with Wendy Lewis as Wilbur, Jerry Stagg and Robin as the van Tussles, Colm as Link, Dale as Seaweed, and Denise, sporting an Afro, as Motormouth Maybelle, and opens the second as the Grove's own hippie tribe, saluting the dawning of the Age of "Aquarius," with Sherri, Eric and Colm, way out there on their peaceful planets, as soloists. Chris introduces the latter with the bit of Richard Strauss' "Also sprach Zarathustra," known to movie audiences as the theme from "2001: a Space Odyssey," and, for his solo, plays a rhapsodic fantasy on "One Boy," from "Bye, Bye, Birdie."

In the 11 o'clock number, Bill Perez unleashes the tough mother within, telling us just what to expect "When You're Good to Mama." John, Sherri, and James lead the ensemble in the grand finale, each confessing "What I Did for Love." Kudos go to Martha Pitkin and Ellen Biggers, Matt Baney, Alison Brackman and debutant Shane Mathews on the tech crew.

There are two shows on July 4, at 7:30 and 10 p.m. at the Grove Community House and tickets are $30 each, $25 to APCG members. Don't miss it!