In September 2022, The Great Food Search brought you Fresno Street Eats. In January 2023, The Great Food Search brought you Return of Fresno Street Eats. NOW—The Great Food Search brings you Return of the Return of Fresno Street Eats.
A Mediterranean cruise, a gift for newly-engaged Jude Dillane and Eric Ramirez, turns into a ship of jewel thieves, disappearances, and murder in With a Twist, the fourth Murder on the Rocks Mystery by Cathi Stoler.
Godspell: A stage musical based on the Book of Matthew in the New Testament, conceived and originally directed by John-Michael Tebelak, with music and new lyrics (Some lyrics are taken from hymnals and Biblical scriptures. Two songs are by Peggy Gordon and Jay Hamburger: “Day by Day,” from the Off-Off-Broadway version, and “Beautiful City, which was written for the 1973 movie.) by Stephen Schwartz.
The 2023 Fresno Rogue Performance Festival has come and gone, but the memories remain. For The Great Food Search, some of the best memories are of food. As I went from venue to venue, reviewing strange and amazing shows, one thing became obvious: even reviewers need to eat! Since the venues for the Rogue were in the Tower District, restaurants in that area were the obvious choice for the hungry reviewer. Therefore, here is a selection of where I went and what I got for Rogue ’23.
The deputy mayor of New York City is bleeding in the upstairs bedroom. His wife and the kitchen staff are missing, the dinner is not prepared, and the guests for their tenth-anniversary party are sharing gossip and trying to cover over the facts in Rumors, a madcap farce by the late great Neil Simon, now playing in a Good Company Players’ production at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater through May 7.
A romantic comedy about Golden-Agers embarking on the rough seas of 21st-century online dating...and everything that follows? You’d better fill its two-person cast with solid, dependable performers...and that’s what the Good Company Players did with Amelia Ryan and Noel Adams in Kalamazoo, playing at the 2nd Space Theatre through April 16.
Blood Harmony—A performance by The Murray Girls, who create amazing vocal combinations that enhance everything from folk murder ballads to Sixties pop.
Who Is Janice Noga? is a tour through the life of a performer who has gone far, a tour divided between descriptions and songs.
In the Rogue show with music Ashes to Ashes, presented by the talented performer/director Kate McKnight, this funeral prayer refers to the death of her father and the ashes of love.
The Rogue Festival is here! Here are more of our Rogue Festival show reviews! There will be many more to come! We also have several Rogue Performer Preview articles that have been going up over the last few weeks.
