This past weekend I Remember Mama opened on stage at 2nd Space Theatre in Fresno, presented by Good Company Players. The play premiered on Broadway on October 19, 1944. It was written by John Van Druten and based on Kathryn Forbes' novel Mama's Bank Account, which was loosely based on her childhood. It is a study of family life centered on a Norwegian immigrant family in San Francisco early in the 20th century.
Start with a dreary, rainy English March, take an Italian castle, add four English women with sadness and problems of their own, drench them in wisteria and sunshine, and what do you get?
Enchanted April.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes….No, it’s not Rent. But it’s a year, in a sense. It’s maybe 100 minutes, divided into 12 playlets and an intermission. It’s Months on End by Craig Pospisil, playing at the Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre through February 27.
Suppose you were an Englishwoman in 1922, vaguely unsatisfied with your marriage, and you saw an ad for an Italian castle for rent for the month of April? Wouldn’t that intrigue you?
Irene Adler + Professor Moriarty + The King of Bohemia + Dr. John Watson = Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, now playing at the Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre through February 23.
He and She can’t stand each other. However, the two of them have been writing to each other for a long time. They have fallen in love with each other, but they don’t know it.
Did you ever have one of those times when a group of people find themselves together and suddenly become a set of BFF’s (Best Friends Forever)? Did you ever feel so beaten down by life that you wished someone could give your life a boost in a better direction?
I remember long ago watching the 1989 movie Driving Miss Daisy staring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy. It was a sweet film and a sweet story, so when I heard that Good Company Players were doing the show at 2nd Space this year, I marked it on my calendar. It seemed like a good way to start the new year.
Since the 1950s, Simon has been the go-to guy for laughter on radio, TV, and in the movies. Barefoot in the Park, Sweet Charity, The Odd Couple, The Goodbye Girl, Brighton Beach Memoirs…..comedy is spelled Neil Simon.
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams opened this past weekend at Good Company Players 2nd Space Theatre in the Tower District of Fresno. It will be on stage there until April 17, and if you enjoy good drama this is a show you don't want to miss.
