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Young Frankenstein at Third Wall Productions

Reviews April 5, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther Leave a comment

Forget about the foxtrot— throw away the waltz! Take away the two-step and all that other schmaltz! Are you ready for what’s been going on in Phoenix? It’s a doozy…makes ya’ woozy…it’s the new phenomenon— well…not that new…but the first production of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein this side of Charm City since 2022 (SLCT in Rising Sun!) And it’s all the rave and roar right in this reviewer’s backyard— Third Wall Productions and their zany,

The Music Man at Third Wall Productions

Reviews February 7, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Four venues and seven years ago— they had trouble! Right there in Bawlmer County. And they’re at it again! Further up here in Bawlmer County…which starts with a B and that rhymes with P and that stands for pool! Them rootin’ tootin’ gosh-darn Iowa-stubborn Third Wallers certainly know the territory! And they’re bringing you a rollicking good musical theatre classic— Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man. With 76 trombones! (Well…one trombone, played by Harry B.

Butterflies Are Free at Just Off Broadway

Reviews May 6, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

What does a divorcee look like? Zsa Zsa Gabor? Megan Markle? Elizabeth Taylor? How about a 19-year-old groovy chic from Los Angeles slumming it in a New York City apartment in the 60’s? That one fits the bill for Butterflies Are Free the 1969 play by Leonard Gershe (not to be confused with the 1972 film-adaptation starring Goldie Hawn.) Directed by Jason Crawford, this romantic-dramady tells the story of Don Baker, a young man living in his first solo apartment in New York City after fleeing his overbearing mother’s house in favor of newfound freedom.