Hang onto your hats folks. The already jam-packed February entertainment calendar gets even fuller beginning Friday night. In fact, you’d almost need to take the week off from work to do justice to the next nine days in the midstate.
Joining “The Foreigner” (now entering its final weekend at Macon Little Theatre) are the Warner Robins Little Theatre production of the comedy “Any Body Home?” and the Backlot Players’ production of the thriller “The Spiral Staircase.”
By next weekend, still more shows will have opened, including Theatre Macon’s “Purlie Victorious” and Mercer University’s “The Colored Museum.”
The news of this latter show is exciting. Written by the celebrated George C. Wolfe, “The Colored Museum” is a series of 11 satiric vignettes, several of which were highly disturbing in 1986. It will be interesting to see how the play stands the test of time. The Mercer production runs through Feb. 26, but since the Backdoor Theatre’s seating is limited, reservations will be essential for this show.
In between these two weekends we also have “Rock of Ages” and “Of Mice and Men,” both at the Grand Opera House, and Tyler Perry’s “The Haves and the Have Nots” at the Macon Coliseum.
Counting “The Wedding Singer” at Georgia College & State University, we have at least nine shows tempting us in the next week or so, with more to come later in the month.
Music, too
As I trust every music lover within 100 miles knows by now, Macon-born violinist Robert McDuffie will be presenting a recital Saturday evening in Mercer’s Fickling Hall. McDuffie appears in Macon so frequently that we often take this international star for granted. Yet, it is in large measure through his good works that our city now attracts talented string faculty from all over the U.S. and students eager to study with them. While many stars forget from whence they came, McDuffie is the polar opposite.
Maga Film Festival
If you have never attended a Macon Film Festival, you have been missing out on an event that put some big teeth in the slogan “It’s Hotter Here.” Maga, as it is sometimes called, is now in its seventh year, and if the Feb. 16-19 event is anything like previous ones, newcomers will be amazed. Visit www.maconfilmfestival.com for more information.
Contact Larry Fennelly at LarryFennelly@AvantGuild.com.
