Almost forgot to alert you to this: Frank Ferrante, that great Groucho doppelgänger I'm always mentioning here, is performing in Pasadena, California on Saturday, May 11. It's at La Salle High School out there and it's a benefit for that institution of learning, which is Frank's alma mater. It's also the only time he will be anywhere near Los Angeles for quite a while. Tickets (and full info) are still available over on this page.
For those who just joined us: Years ago with great skepticism, I went to see this guy who was doing a one-man (plus pianist) show as Groucho Marx. My skepticism was because to me, "impersonator" shows are usually good for about ten minutes, fifteen tops. After that, all you see are all the ways in which the actor doesn't resemble his subject. But Frank was different. He walked out onto stage as himself, put on the makeup…and faster than you could say the secret word, the Ferrante guy was gone and there stood Julius H. Marx in his stead. And he didn't just stand there. He danced and he sang and he recited known Grouchoisms and made up plenty of his own…and now due to my constant plugging, I get several e-mails a week from folks thanking me for telling them about this fellow.
If you want to see if and when Captain Spaulding comes your way, here's his current schedule. He's in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin this Friday…in Bloomington, Illinois this Saturday…and Burlington, Iowa on Sunday. How he does it, I dunno…but he does it and he does it very well.