Ron Wolfe

THEATER REVIEW: 65 summer kids put on a big show

Follie Holidays stars 65 young performers showing off what they learned in this year’s Summer Musical Theatre Intensive training programs for ages 10 to 23 at Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock.
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NOVEMBER CALENDAR: Thanks, rinks, blinks

November’s bounty leads to shopping for December’s booty

November is the plentiful month when cups, goblets and gravy boats runneth over, spilling on neckties and white blouses and tablecloths, and one guy is the most thankful of all — the dry cleaner. 1 End of daylight saving time.
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THEATER REVIEW Play unveils Egypt’s lore for kids

Rio Grandie Candi and... The Mummy unwraps a junior version of the Arkansas Arts Center’s current exhibit, “World of the Pharaohs: Treasures of Egypt Revealed.” Keith Smith’s 80-minute original play explores Egyptian mysteries through the adventures of a paper doll, Rio Grandie Candi (Kelsie Craig), and her paper pony, Bobolink (Elias Baer).
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Carl Reiner at 87 asks, ‘Who ate my pickle ?’

A funny thing happened on Carl Reiner’s way to a 2,000-year-long career in comedy. He outlived the censors.
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Wolf was at mother’s door, but Gradient came knocking

It was morning at Angela Foy’s house in southwest Little Rock, where the single mother of three had been worrying over the month’s mortgage payment. She works two jobs, but the bills piled up faster than she could pay.
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COMEDY REVIEW Rehearsed or off the cuff, troupe from Chicago delivers funny stuff

Nothing proves that time flies when you’re having fun like The Second City comedy troupe from Chicago in its 50th year, still good for a laugh at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre in downtown Little Rock.
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'Kids still need comics'

Maus author takes new path in Toon Treasury

Art Spiegelman describes a line of progression in "Comix 101.1: The Development of a Literary Comic Genre," the talk he will give at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hendrix College in Conway.
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Lady behind the Laker to take a bow at UALR

Annette Fisher's son recently shared a memory with her and, being Derek Fisher, point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers professional basketball team, with a world of Derek Fisher fans.
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FLASHBACK: Toy stories worth retelling

Editor's note: Toy Story 3 won't arrive until next summer, but for the next two weeks, Toy Story and Toy Story 2 are back in theaters, this time in 3-D versions. Our man Ron Wolfe reviewed both films when they opened in 1995 and 1999 respectively. Here's some of what he thought.
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Pleasure haunting

Fearless racers get in the pink as squirrels teach spooks to floss their teeth

Halloween month is a pointy hat full of sprites, frights and peculiar delights - grouches and squirrels, Robin Williams, Casper the Friendly Ghost, vampires and mud. 1 Positive Attitude Month, Squirrel Awareness Month, Raptor Month. Bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, ready to swoop.
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