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LIGONIER â Theatre33 presents Neil Simonâs âRumorsâ on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the West Noble High School cafetorium.
Tickets are $6 for students and seniors and $7 for adults for general seating. Seating will be limited to the first 175 people and audience members are asked to wear masks while seated.
This fast-paced, hilarious comedy takes place in Myra and Charlieâs beautifully renovated Victorian home on the night of their 10th anniversary party. The first guests to arrive are Chris and Ken Gorman, played by seniors Shuli Sheeley and Jesus Martinez, respectively.
Sheeley, a veteran Theatre33 actress, known for her stand-out role as Ado Annie in âOklahoma!â in 2019, plays the rumor-instigating Chis. âRumorsâ is Martinezâs first Theatre33 production but he was involved in theatre at his previous school in Chicago.
Lyric offers physically distanced ‘Rumors’ audience
Gene Deason / Special to the Bulletin
Good seats remain available for the final four performances of Neil Simon’s “Rumors” at Brownwood’s Lyric Theatre downtown.
The comedic farce enjoyed a successful opening last weekend.
This weekend’s shows will feature a physically distanced audience for Friday’s matinee, so anyone not comfortable being seated next to others because of the pandemic should plan to attend that performance. Altering rows will be left vacant, and empty seats will automatically separate groups of ticket-buyers.
Performances are scheduled for 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are available at www.brownwoodlyrictheatre.com. The cost is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $10 for students.
Civic Center Park on April 20, 2021, as 4:20 p.m. approached.
Hilal Bahcetepe
This was the second year in a row that Civic Center was quiet on 4/20. Last year, while stay-at-home orders were in effect because of the pandemic, the perimeter of the park was closed off by fences, police officers waited in the grass, and sirens and automated warnings blared at 4:20 p.m.
Pandemic notwithstanding, Denver attracts thousands of cannabis tourists, activists and consumers each year to celebrate the unofficial holiday for stoners. Civic Center has been the designated venue to host 4/20 rallies and protests for more than a decade, thanks largely to the late cannabis activist Ken Gorman. Two competing organizers say they plan to host something at Civic Center next year, so we’ll see how cloudy things get in 2022.
Cue the laughter as ‘Rumors’ returns to Lyric stage
Gene Deason / Special to the Bulletin
Laughter will ring out again this weekend as Brownwood’s Lyric Theatre presents Neil Simon’s “Rumors” in its second weekend of shows.
The cascading comedic situations and sight-gags have left audiences holding their sides during the first four performances last week, with one member of the audience offering perhaps the highest praise on social media. “My face hurt from laughter,” he wrote.
Since members of the audience are having a good time, they can only imagine how much fun it is for the cast and crew.