Once.
It’s a word that starts things happening. Once upon a time. Once a (something), always a (something). Once is enough. Once is not enough.
William S. Gilbert wrote the words. Arthur Sullivan wrote the music. After 144 years, The Pirates of Penzance is still great theatre, good fun, and lots of laughs. Join the crew for the Good Company Players’ production now playing at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater through November 5.
Sometimes, I hanker for a rare steak. Other days, I long for salmon. In the summer, a salad sounds like a really good idea. Yes, summers are My Salad Days.
Arsenic and Old Lace, that classic killer comedy about sweet little old ladies with a homicidal hobby, is knockin’ ‘em dead at the Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre through October 8.
The Flying Z by Leo W. Banks. Hmmm. By the cover, it’s a Western. Let’s see. Desolate landscape. Remote ranch. Tough cowboy. Doddering old uncle. Beautiful young woman. Truck? Drug traffickers? A Mustang...by Ford?
Let It Go! Let it go!
It’s the call of any child who has seen Disney’s animated Frozen. Children’s Musical Theaterworks (CMT) has brought the kid version of the Broadway adaptation, Disney Frozen Jr., to Fresno’s Veterans Memorial Theater through August 13.
It happened in 1904: Latrobe, Pennsylvania. “Doc” Strickler, an optometrist, cut a banana lengthwise, added three different scoops of ice cream, topped it with strawberries, raspberries, crushed pineapple, marshmallow syrup, chopped nuts, and pitted black cherries. That was the first Banana Split. It was a hit, and Strickler eventually bought the pharmacy/soda fountain downstairs from his office.
Bring your scuba gear to Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater and go “Under the Sea” to see the Good Company Players’ rollicking production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
Once upon a time, there was a place called the 1960s. There was music, and there were girl groups, and there was big hair, especially . . . . . Beehive Hairdos. Journey with me now to the Reedley Opera House, where the River City Theatre Company presents . . . . . Beehive, the ‘60s Musical through July 30.
This is not your Grandmother’s Pride & Prejudice!
Imagine Monty Python & the Marx Brothers meet Jane Austen, and you will be close to the amazing chaos on the Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre stage as Pride & Prejudice plays through August 6.
