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Spooks
Eerie Erie? There’s nothing quite like a home-cooked meal or a play served up by a local playwright. The references, the character’s diction and other flavors that make a play relatable to its local audience, always gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling, even if it is a drama. It’s just proof to this gal that…
Read MoreWhat is Susan’s Secret?
Some Secrets are Best Left Untold… What is Susan’s Secret? Theater Review Today’s theatrical koan: If a comedy isn’t funny, is it still a comedy? What is Susan’s Secret?, a play currently being produced by All An Act Theatre Productions, presents Susan (Lisa Simonian) and her husband, Michael (David W. Mitchell), two elderly innkeepers who,…
Read MoreHeathers: The Musical
The B*itch(es) is Back! Heathers: The Musical Theater Review Maybe it’s some kind of boomerang effect or hopefully, karma: after trudging through a production of The Crucible and two comedies in Erie, it was invigorating to see a local theatrical production that was not only funny, but fun. How rare! Heathers: The Musical currently at…
Read MorePurrista Cat Cafe’
Here, Kitty, Kitty! …Kitty? Purrista Cat Cafe’ A Visit Love cats? Read on! Don’t? What’s wrong with you? (But keep reading, anyway.) Love puns? Read on! Don’t? I don’t blame you. (But keep reading, anyway.) Purrista Cat Cafe’ is Erie’s only pet cafe’. A place that CATers to felinophiles and/or…
Read MoreDoc Holliday’s Bar & Grill
I Don’t Think We’re in Tombstone Anymore, Toto… Doc Holliday’s Bar & Grill Restaurant Review Last time I was near Erie just off I-90, I spotted a restaurant I’d never heard of in all my years living in the area. Doc Holliday’s Bar & Grill. As I stood across the street waiting for my takeout,…
Read MoreThe Crucible
That Old Black Magic Has Us in Its Spell… Much as I hate to admit it, I’ve always somehow managed to miss Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Debuting in 1953, it’s become a cornerstone of American Theater and it’s usually not hard to find a production locally every season be it at a local college or…
Read MoreShirley’s Restaurant
Shirley, You’re Not Joking… Blink and you’ll miss it. Miss it and you’re regret it. That is, if you like a quiet dining experience with a retro 1950’s feel. That’s what I always say about Shirley’s Restaurant located on Old French Road, Erie. So, how’d I hear of it? Thank Google Maps or Waze or…
Read MoreThe Crumple Zone
Ho, ho, ha! The Crumple Zone Theatre Review Searching for anything different or original that doesn’t reek of treacle, isn’t easy during Christmas season. Whether it’s the classic (yet timeworn) The Nutcracker, A Christmas Carol or some show containing a medley of yuletide tunes (White Christmas, Blue Christmas, Rudolph the RedNosed¦yada, yada, yada¦), is it…
Read MoreIronstone Meadery
Who says television doesn’t teach you anything? Having seen advertisements for Ironstone Meadery, I was only too curious to visit the site and learn more about what a meadery is. From what I could glean from the ads, the establishment offered up some kind of exotic alcoholic beverage that I never heard of. ‘Nuff said.…
Read MoreEnjoying “Misery”
Misery A Theater Review When watching Misery, Meadville Community Theatre’s latestproduction, one can’t help but appreciate the size of the small, intimate space inregards to the play. The approximately 150-seat audience seems to draw the viewer into thedrama, providing a sense of claustrophobia and panic that pervades the play andthe protagonist™s plight. Based on Stephen…
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