On Golden Pond News

Angela Lansbury has Tony Awards older than you -- and she's just one of the performers past the age of 60 still packing houses, scoring great roles and winning awards on Broadway.

B'ville Theatre Guild play tickles the funny-bone yet touches the heart Acting requires courage, the courage to crawl inside the skin of a stranger.

The Melon Patch Players' production of the musical Meet Me in St. Louis will be presented at 2 p.m. today at the Melon Patch Theatre, 311 N. 13th St., Leesburg .

At the center of the movie Up is a grumpy old man voiced by Ed Asner. Here are our favorite grouchy guys and their cantankerous lines: Walt Kowalski , Grand Torino : "Get off my lawn." Norman Thayer , On Golden Pond : "Wanna dance or would you rather just suck face?" Statler and Waldorf , The Muppet Show : "They aren't half bad." "Nope. They're all ...

Touching, witty and often outright hysterical, Hapgood Theatre Company's latest production, "On Golden Pond," is a delight for audiences of all ages.

Mount Dora School of Ballet dancers will perform Alice in Wonderland for its spring production at 3 p.m. today at Paul P. Williams Fine Arts Auditorium at Lake-Sumter Community College 's Leesburg campus, 9501 U.S. Highway 441.

THE Knaresborough Players delighted their audience with a first-rate performance of this thought-provoking play, better known as the film starring Henry and Jane Fonda and Katherine Hepburn.

Hapgood Theatre closes its season with the American classic "On Golden Pond" through June 7 at the Nick Rodriguez Community Center, 213 F St.

Actor Alec Baldwin says he'll travel to Hanoi with the New York Philharmonic when it makes its Vietnam debut in October.

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HAPGOOD THEATRE COMPANY will end its 2008-09 season on a sweet note with the ever-popular American classic "On Golden Pond," opening Thursday at the Nick Rodriguez Community Center theater in Antioch.

For more than six decades, Hepburn mesmerized audiences with her regal accent, classic beauty and exceptional acting.

ROMANCE is in the air for the Knaresborough Players' next production at the Frazer Theatre when it gets underw ay next week.

When you compete for as many showbiz awards as Jane Fonda , it's easy, apparently, to forget one or two.

One of my 5 notable May 12 birthdays and historical events in world history was a day in the "Crime of the Century". Another of my 5 notable May 12 birthdays and historical events in world history involves the birth of a great movie actress.

There's a great film festival happening in Livermore this weekenda 'and we say goodbye to a great friend and film lover.

"On Golden Pond" at Tacoma Little Theatre is a realistic and touching play that invites audience members into the lives of Norman and Ethel Thayer as we summer with them at their lakeside home.

Details: 8 p.m. April 17-18 and 22-25, 3 p.m. April 19 and 26, Novellus Theatre at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, S.F.; $35-$50; 415-978-2787, www.ybca.org , www.linesballet.org . 2. California Independent Film Festival: Back for its 11th year, the event boasts film shorts, animation, contests, an appearance by Diane Ladd and special screenings ...

Roll out the red carpet, because Livermore is again hosting the California Independent Film Festival.

Diablo's senior editor misses summers in the 1980s, but looks forward to next weekend, when he'll be interviewing the director of On Golden Pond in Livermore.