Take one hundred ninety-eight legs, sixty-two ears, six wings, and countless costumes and accessories, and what do you have? It’s not a parade, a military pageant, or an anime character. It’s something much better.
“Be our guest!”
The Good Company Players have invited all to a joyous production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater through January 8. Feast and enjoy!
Christmas time is on its way, and so are the holiday plays, such as A Christmas Carol and all its variations, Papa’s Christmas Miracle, stories of the Christmas Truce of 1914, The Littlest Angel, and The Worst Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
Do you remember the first time you saw the Mel Brooks/Gene Wilder movie Young Frankenstein? It was so different than anything you’d ever seen, and you laughed . . . a lot. Now, imagine seeing it live on stage, with people up there . . . singing and dancing! The laughter level in your brain must be going off the chart! You can have that feeling now at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, thanks to the rollicking Good Company Players production of Young Frankenstein (the musical) playing through November 6.
Mini-Rogue is back and we took a moment to chat with one of the producers of the event, Grant Knutson, to learn more about it. Grant is co-producer of the Mini-Rogue, along with former Rogue Festival producer Jayne Day and current Rogue board member Tina Jones.
Take a time machine to the time of King Henry VIII and Sir Thomas More. It is cleverly disguised as the Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre production of Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons. The time machine is only available through October 16.
Sister Act returns to Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, with important parts and people from the 2017 Good Company Players production still intact. Camille Gaston is Doloris Van Cartier again, Ethel Birrell returns as a bubbly nun, and Laurie Pessano re-directs with style and strength. All of this against a background of Covid cancellations, substitutions, and understudies that underscore the depth and strength of the GCP casting pool.
It’s 1957—A lavish New York penthouse apartment. She’s a world-famous opera singer. He’s a revered orchestra conductor. Life should be perfect, right? It isn’t, but it’s very funny in Living on Love, playing through August 14 at Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre.
In April, the Great Food Search took a look at restaurants in Fresno’s Tower District while I rehearsed for a production of I Remember Mama at the Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre. The run of the play has ended, but those weeks of performances gave me time to continue my quest of eating my way through the Tower District.
Theatre during a pandemic can be a challenge. Both of Good Company Players’ current shows have seen cancelations of performances due to cast members getting Covid, and there has been a shuffling around of casts on some nights. But one thing you can count on with GCP is that when you see a show, it will be the best show they can give you and you won’t be disappointed.
