The Anchor Weekly – The Chestermere Lake News

The new comedy/drama that’s currently playing at Stage West is billed as the Comedy YOU Play and whiles it’s true, there is so much more too it! The premise of the play is we get to see the “behind the scenes” activity that takes place during the recording of a successful TV game show called, wait for it, Game Show. The behind the scenes antics are a huge highlight of the show and the scheming, manipulation and banter are truly entertaining. Most of the scheming involves the career of the host of the game show, Richard Karn who will be [...]

You’re likely familiar with the term “One Hit Wonders”. You know, those famous songs that were the single hit for some group that seemed poised to take off. Only to then disappear into the night with only the legacy of a single well known hit left behind them. Well “Two Hit Wonders”, the latest presentation at Stage West, is all centered on the next level of groups who managed to repeat their earlier success with a second success. Or in the case of some of the hits, the song itself became a hit by two or more different artists at [...]

Aspen Crossing Theatre kicked off its first show of the dinner theatre season with Gail Whiteford’s “The Perils of Pauline”, the ‘stage’ inside an authentic 1887 Pullman train car in Mossleigh, AB. Set in 1935, this murder mystery comedy takes place as a movie crew arrives to film one of the first talking pictures, “The Perils of Pauline series.” Along with a film crew and actors, the mayor’s wife Mrs. Harold Lee, played by Gail Whiteford, hilariously tries to gain a small role by moving the town’s money around to fund the production. But, the real heart of the story [...]

Last weekend I was once again privileged to be invited by the Anchor to view and review Stage West’s latest production. This time my husband accompanied me, and once we were seated he started looking through the program. I asked him what the play was about and he said: “It’s about us” and then he grinned. Concerned, I grabbed my own program and read an excerpt from the Hamilton Spectator review: “You’ll probably see yourself.” I was starting to feel a little concerned Written by Michele Riml, Sexy Laundry is Stage West’s one hundred and seventy-fifth production, which is a [...]

Yes, it is that time of the year!! The Annual Jimmy Buffet Night at the Club takes place on Saturday August 25th. This is a very popular event and members of the community are most welcome! There will be a live band “PH Unbalanced” to entertain us as we dance in the Club, on our wonderful deck or on the docks! Dinner is served from 5:30 to 6:30 with dancing to follow at 7:30 p.m. The menu is Cheeseburgers on the deck, and there are plenty of Margarita’s available to keep you cool and relaxed all night! This is a [...]

ROSEBUD – If you’ve never been to Rosebud, you are missing out. Guys, if you want to make up some brownie points, Rosebud is the place to do it. Not quite an hour’s drive east from Chestermere lays a small hamlet where only about 100 people live and work. It is a gem and rather than me copy and pasting some of the media information I was given, I think it would be best to hear it first hand from someone who’s been there. You know how it goes, I tell two friends and then they tell two friends and [...]

Rosebud, Alberta (June 11, 2012) – Rosebud Theatre’s summer production of the musical Anne of Green Gables has opened to rave reviews and tickets are selling like ice cream! The popularity of the show has everything to do with the exceptional performances of its cast. Cassia Schramm returns to the Rosebud stage in the title role and according to Artistic Director Morris Ertman. “She is quite simply one of the most wonderfully alive performers we’ve ever had on our stage. Anne of Green Gables is a deeply personal story for Cassia, and it shows in every way in her performance. [...]

This was our first visit to Stage West, and we enjoyed it so much, we definitely plan on returning. With no previous benchmark for us, we had no expectations and were quite ecstatic to experience the Stage West performance. And what a great experience it was. First, it started with a wonderful dinner, then to follow it up with a wonderful musical revue, it made for a fantastic evening. We weren’t entirely sure what we were getting into attending a musical revue, but when the ensemble cast broke into The Lovin’ Spoonful’s hit song Summer in the City we knew [...]

LANGDON – Whether they will be working hard to make the audience laugh or cry, the talented individuals that make up the Langdon Theatre Association (LTA) group promise not to disappoint during their final performances of the season. Four groups of young actors, ranging in age from six to 17-years-old, will be taking to the stage at the Easterbrook Theatre on April 20 and 21 to wrap up the 2011/2012 season, which is actually the LTA’s 10th season. LTA chair Melissa McAllister said that everyone is excited to hit the stage to celebrate ten years and another successful season. “We [...]

This past weekend I enjoyed another trip out to Rosebud to take in the first offering of their 2012 season, Kristen Shepherd’s “$38,000 for a Friendly Face.” I had heard that the play was a comedy about a director of a funeral home who didn’t know how to create an appropriate celebration of life for a woman that nobody liked. I wasn’t exactly sure how “comedy” and “funeral home” could end up in the same sentence, but I went in with an open mind. As predicted, the story was a little bit crazy. The play begins in a small-town funeral home, [...]