“The Rocky Horror Show” brought the clan from Transylvania back to Chico Cabaret just in time for Halloween.
The Friday production of the show was deranged, raw, raunchy and crude, but oh so much fun.
Would you expect anything else from this preposterous 1975 cult classic by Richard O’Brien?
Phil Ruttenburg, Chico Cabaret artistic director, skillfully guided a […]
Chico Cabaret’s production of Guys & Dolls starts this Thursday. The show runs Th/Fri/Sat at 7:30 through Feb 18th with a Sunday matinee on Feb 12th @ 2 PM. This could be the best show in Chico this year with an incredible set, some amazing voices, and great acting.
UPDATE 1/31/06 - Guys & […]
This Friday and Saturday (28th & 29th) is your last chance to catch Chico Cabaret’s Twist and Shout Sock Hop. The Buzz called it an ‘atmosphere of good, clean fun. Audience members tapped and sang along with many of the numbers from “My Boyfriend’s Back” to “Bobby’s Girl.”‘ So get to the Cabaret […]
The Twist and Shout Sock Hop is half way through its run and going strong. With a little more support this fundraising show may reach its financial goals and keep the theatre alive.
The highlight of the show has to be the dueling Elvii. Young Elvis and old Elvis battle it out […]
The Buzz previewed Chico Cabaret’s Twist and Shout Sock Hop today:
Chico Cabaret’s newest production is not so much a play as it is a choreographed sock hop with dancing to a live four-piece band.
The production, which opens Friday, is a fundraiser for the Cabaret.
“Twist and Shout Sock Hop,” which opens Friday, features some 15 planned-out […]
Chico Cabaret is holding a fundraiser, and its do or die time for this community theatre, so get out there are show some support. The Twist and Shout Sock Hop is full of music from the 50’s through the 70’s including dueling Elvis’s. There will be a live band and a full bar. […]
“The Foreigner,” written by Larry Shue, takes place in a back-road fishing lodge in Tilghman County, Ga. The show opens with pals Froggy LeSueur (M. Conan Duch) and Charlie Baker (Phil Ruttenburg), who are stopping by for a visit to Betty Meeks’ (Sue Ruttenburg) rustic establishment. Charlie has a troubled marriage and Froggy insists that […]
Chico Theatre Company’s production of Pippin premierees tonight, the show starts at 7:30.
Once upon a time, the young prince Pippin longed to discover the secret of true happiness and fulfillment. He sought it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his […]
The opening Sunday-evening performance of The Crippling Thoughts of Victor Bonesteel, Chico Cabaret’s new comedy night, was relaxed and informal. Without a program or a stage set, the actors (and writers) presented the collection of skits, parodies, commentaries and songs using nothing more than a few costume changes and a handful of props (fishing pole, […]
Passing along a note from Kyle, one of the stars of Chico Cabaret’s production of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (previously mentioned):
Hello everyone, first of all, thanks to everyone who came to see the show, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” I hope you had a fabulous time. I know […]
The UnCommon Theatre Company continues it’s 25th season by presenting the Broadway Musical version of Mark Twain’s semi-biographical and classic story, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”.
Filled with foot-stomping, toe-tapping songs by Don Schiltz (writer of music for such stars as Alison Krauss, Lee Ann Womack, Randy Travis and Reba McEntire), and a warm, funny book […]