Terrance V. Mc Arthur

Mar 2023 25

Great Food Search: Rogue Eats 2023

2023 Articles, Rogue Festival, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance McArthur

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.

Mar 2023 22

Rumors On Stage at Roger Rocka’s

2023 Articles, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, Theatre

by Terrance McArthur

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.

Mar 2023 15

Kalamazoo On Stage at 2nd Space

2023 Articles, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, Theatre

by Terrance McArthur

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.

Mar 2023 10

Rogue Festival Reviews: Blood Harmony/Tim Mannix, Magician

2023 Articles, Music, Rogue Festival, Terrance V. Mc Arthur

by Terrance McArthur

Blood Harmony—A performance by The Murray Girls, who create amazing vocal combinations that enhance everything from folk murder ballads to Sixties pop.

Mar 2023 9

Rogue Festival Reviews: Who Is Janice Noga?/The Magic of Kyle Elder

2023 Articles, Music, Rogue Festival, Terrance V. Mc Arthur

by Terrance McArthur

Who Is Janice Noga? is a tour through the life of a performer who has gone far, a tour divided between descriptions and songs.

Mar 2023 7

Rogue Festival Reviews: Ashes to Ashes/Hmong Class 101/The Real Black Swann/Through the Veil/Rosegold

2023 Articles, Music, Rogue Festival, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, Theatre

by Terrance McArthur

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.

Mar 2023 5

Rogue Festival Reviews: The Jester of All Maladies/Inhibitionist(!)/Fringe Factor/A Steel Drum, a Melodica and a Graphic Novel Walk Into a Bar

2023 Articles, Lorie Lewis Ham, Mallory Moad, Music, Rogue Festival, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, Theatre

by Lorie Lewis Ham, Terrance McArthur
& Mallory Moad

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.

Mar 2023 4

Rogue Festival Review: Too Many Stories

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by Terrance McArthur

Joey Rinaldi is a comedian. He has lots of stories to tell, so he puts the titles on a board and lets the audience choose what he should tell next. Some stories are his favorites, some are pretty good, and some are brand new (He’s still working on them).

Feb 2023 25

Great Food Search: What Was and What Is

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by Terrance McArthur

You know how it is in the restaurant business—things change. One restaurant closes, and another opens in the same place. Somebody takes over a place, and it changes. The Great Food Search visited a couple of places that once were, and are now different.

Feb 2023 11

Food Mysteries For Valentine’s Day

2023 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrance V. Mc Arthur

by Cynthia Chow, Sandra Murphy,
& Terrance McArthur

This week we have reviews and giveaways of 4 food mysteries for your Valentine's Day feast-A Good Day to Pie: A Pies Before Guys Mystery by Misha Popp, A Half-Baked Murder: A Cannabis Café Mystery by Emily George, Cheddar Late than Dead: A Grilled Cheese Mystery by Linda Reilly, & The Girl With the Dragonfruit Tattoo: Trouble in Paradise! by Carrie Doyle.