As the holiday season blankets us in the warmth of festive cheer, Roger Rocka's Dinner Theatre in the heart of the Central Valley has unwrapped a delightful present for audiences: the Broadway rendition of the timeless Christmas classic, A Christmas Story, presented by the Good Company Players.
A Christmas Carol is one of my all-time favorite stories, and it sounds like Good Company Players has put a brand new twist on it! Because one of our own, Terrance McArthur, is in this show we weren’t able to manage a review, however, we did chat with the show’s director Elizabeth Fiester, and it sounds like a show you won’t want to miss! A Christmas Carol will be on stage at 2nd Space in Fresno through December 23.
Blame it on Uncle Joe. Local professor, playwright, and director of spooky spectacles, Maria Coon, credits this beloved family member with inspiring her love of horror literature and films. And just in time for Halloween, Maria will once again be sharing her favorite genre with a part audience-immersive, all scare-the-pants-off-you production, Red Fiend.
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.
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.
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.
The Great Food Search will go just about anywhere in search of food providers to share with a salivating public. Once more, we scoured the Valley for food trucks with good eats, looking for food trucks parked at Gazebo Gardens, the Tower District Farmers Market, Simonian Farms, Reedley College Farmers Market, and Sanger High School.
Take a handful of William Shakespeare’s plays like Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, sauce them with two dozen Elvis Presley songs, and what do you get? All Shook Up, an effervescent jukebox musical now playing in a Good Company Players production at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater through July 9.
