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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. [...]

In a follow-up to last fall’s “A Flea in Her Ear,” MCC-Longview dinner theatre Backstage at BoBette’s will present “Death Takes a Holiday” in April. Auditions will be cold readings held on January 24 and 25 in the Longview Liberal Arts Building, room 102. Auditions will run from 6 to 8 p.m. Director Joyce Kuhn will need the services of six females and seven males to cast the show.

The play focuses on Death himself and a needed vacation from his stressful existence. Disguised as a prince, Death hopes to find out why people fear him. As he takes a human form, the protagonist begins to finally see life outside of Death.

Performances will be in the Cultural Arts Center on April 8, 9, 15 and 16. The wildly popular play went on to inspire movie remakes including “Meet Joe Black,” starring Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins.

~Mike Williams

Longview’s dinner theater, Backstage at Bobette’s, staged “A Flea in her Ear” in October (Antoinette Bradley/The Current).

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