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Harstine troupe stages 'Th By Gordon Weksr gordon@masoncounty. com The Abbott and Costello comedy routine “Who’s On First?,” a dramatic telling of the song “You Got Trouble” from “The Music Man” and an origi- nal monologue by a local author are among the offerings at the Harstine Island Theatre Club’s staging of “The Short Show II” this weekend at the Harstine Island Community Club. Directed by Daniel Frishman, “The Short Show II” is presented at 7 :30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at 3371 E. Harstine Island Road N. Tickets are $5 and are avail— able at Olympic Bakery and at the door. ‘ As the title implies, the show is a sequel to a production last year that featured brief monologues and performances. “We have more variety than last year,” said Frishman, a Harstine Is- land resident whose acting creden- tials include the films “Under the Rainbow” and “Return of the Jedi,” and whose TV credits include a recur- ring role on the sitcom “Night Court.” “It’s uplifting stuff positive things you can see when you come in, with what’s going on in the world to- day,” he said. Frishman supplied some of the pieces, and others were selected by the performers. The performers will i IFYOU GO: I WHO: Harstine Island Theatre Club WHAT: “The Short Show II" I WHEN: 7:30 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday WHERE: Harstine Island Community Hall, 3371 E. Harstine Island Road N. ADMISSION: $5 at Olympic Bakery or at the door be accompanied by taped music and slides projected on the screen behind I them. “It will be a multimedia show,” Frishman said. Amy Byykonen and her daughter Becca will perform “Who’s on First?” routine popularized by the comedy duo of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello starting in 1937. “I loved it as a kid,”,Amy said. “I had an old-school cassette of it and I listened to it all the time.” Kenny Latimer, a regular with the group, will present a dramatic read- ing of the song “You Got Trouble” from the 1957 musical “The Music Man.” Author Sheryl Hughey will per- form a monologue from her book “Peb- bles from Fallen Leaf Lake” about an adventure with her family when she Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023 — Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page 15 e Short Show |l’ Sheryl Hughey will perform a monologue from her book “Pebbles From Fallen Leaf Lake” at Harstine Island Theatre Club’s “The Short Show II” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Harstine Island Community Hall. Journal photo by Gordon Weeks was a teenager. Copies of her book will be' on sale, with proceeds benefit- ting the group. Performers include P.J. Hopkins, a longtime actor with the Shelton-based Connection Street Theatre, formerly known as Faith Acts; Anya Reynolds, who recently ' portrayed The Pirate Queen in Connection Street Theatre’s staging of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta “The Pirates of Penzance”; Dee Ann Meacham, a HITC veteran most recently seen in the female ver- sion of Neil Simon’s “The Odd Cou— ple”; and HITC veteran Sheryl Fell— man, who performed in the group’s most recent play, “The Savannah Sip- ping Society.” .‘Back to the Future’ makes for perfect Viewing ture” one of the greatest movies ever made? Opinions vary, but sci- ence says “yes,” and the city of Shelton agrees, because it’s running the sci-fi clas— sic as the final installment of this summer’s free-admission “Movies in the Park” series, starting between 8:30-8:45 p.m. on Friday, in Kneeland Park. The 19705 and the 1980s Is 1985’s “Back to the Fu- y DARK REVIEWS produced scores of excellent films, but what the recent passing of William Friedkin, Gran Turismo Daily at 4:10 6:50 plus SAT/SUN matinee at 1:30 who directed 1971’s “The French Connection” and 517 Franklin St. 0 Shelton (Across from Safeway) - www.she|toncinemas.com 24 Hour Movie Info (360) 426-1000 seminar i3 ,, NATIONAE QiNEi‘im ALL TICKETS ARE $4.00 . “ Blue Beetle Daily at 4:20 7:00 plus SAT/SUN matinee at 1:45 1973’s “The Exorcist,” re— minded me was that ’705 films breathed deeply from the atmosphere of their scenes, whereas ’808 films were ruthlessly disciplined plot delivery engines. In honor of Friedkin’s death, I watched one of his more obscure films, 1977’s “Sorcerer,” and soon felt im- mersed by its deceptively simple premise and lush on—location setting, whereas with 1988’s “Die Hard,” I felt immediately engaged by its relentlessly brisk pacing and quence of events. meticulously engineered se- When director Bob Zem- eckis co-wrote the screenplay for “Back to the Future” with co-producer Bob Gale, they set the pace for later films like “Die Hard” to follow, be— cause this time—travel epic is itself a storytelling machine. Just as any proper perfor- mance of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” requires a climac- tic volley of cannon fire, so too does “Back to the Future” feel like a symphony of Chek- ~ hov’s guns going off. Virtually 182 S.E. Brewer Road 0 Shelton 360-426-4707 0 www.5kyLineDrive-ln.com strait»er OPEN DAYS PER WEEK Show at Dusk mi at 8:30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles No second feature. Gates reopen at 10:30 for Rocky Horror Picture Show Live preshow at 11:00 / Picture at 11:30 SAT/MON‘THURS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles followed by Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning “surge/xv swn‘cw Mission Impossible followed by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles every line of dialogue, ex- tended shot and running gag , turns out to be a setup that yields a rewarding payoff. Consider the introduc- tory segment of “Back to the Future,” with its uninter- rupted camera pan across Doc Brown’s cluttered lab, surveying his array of diverse clocks, framed newspaper clippings and scientists’ por- traits, and off-kilter Rube Goldberg-style automations, see REVIEW, page Hi Gates open of 7:00 pm