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by Alex Greenlee

MCC – Longview hosts The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 in the Cultural Arts Center theatre starting Friday.

The comedy is about mysterious murders by the “Stage Door Slasher.”  Sliding bookcases and sliding passageways help “Slasher” to continue to murder. The murderer will be unmasked, but not before the audience has been in for the comedy side.

Show times are April 13-14, 19-21 at 7 p.m.  To purchase tickets in advance call 816-604-2691 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students and $8 for general admission.

~Alex Greenlee

Longview students prepare for the fall production of Neil Simon's 'The Good Doctor' (Micah Chrisman/The Current).

by Micah Chrisman

Students, faculty, friends, family and the like are sure to get a good laugh, as well as some thoughtful prose, in this weekend’s premier of “The Good Doctor” at Longview’s Cultural Arts Center. Longview freshman William Wallace stars as the struggling Russian author Anton Chekhov, who is eager to produce significant stories. As the protagonist writes out ideas for humorous stories, the audience gets to watch as the scenes in Chekhov’s mind play out before their very eyes. [...]

by Nate Slaughter

In April, BoBette’s at Longview Dinner Theatre will perform “Death Takes a Holiday” with a cast of local MCC students and community members.

The cast represent a wide range of ages and backgrounds. The actors are Janet Anderson, Ronandus Johnson, Bill Bergman, BreAnna Wilson, Arlene Clark, Ashton Fiene, Michael Nemeth, Rose Crosby, Nate Slaughter, Fredrick Chael, Joanna Bledsoe, Mark Johnston, Robert Weeks, Dain O’Connor, and Steven Couch. [...]