Meet Me in St. Louis News

Fifty years from now, if 14-year-old Bronson Bush looks back on a show business career, he won't mind a bit saying he got his start with a bit part in a cartoon.

Wednesdays-Sundays through Jan. 3 at Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N., Issaquah, , $19-$59 . PERFORMANCE REVIEW 'Tis the season to get schmaltzy - or grinchy.

Fifty years from now, if 14-year-old Bronson Bush looks back on a show business career, he won't mind a bit saying he got his start with a bit part in a cartoon.

The cast of "Meet Me In St. Louis"" SUBMITTED PHOTO The 1904 World's Fair was the biggest thing going in its day.

The Sheboygan Theatre Company has announced the cast and crew for 'Meet Me in St.

Nothing seems to stir the heart like family or well-told tales with Christmas as a backdrop.

There was palpable excitement in the air as audience members took their seats on opening night of Musical Theatre West's revisit to this 1989 stage adaptation of the beloved Judy Garland film classic.

Opening night for Musical Theatre Westa s 57th season premiered the stage version of the classic MGM film Meet Me In St.

Esther comforts little sister Tootie over their impending move to New York City by singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Has the world been getting you down lately, what with wars, the lousy economy and the swine flu? Don't reach for the antidepressants just yet.

I think it's Chuck Jones's "Broom-Stick Bunny." I think I have a real fondness for Halloween stories where trick-or-treating turns disastrous, whether it's for Bugs in this cartoon or Margaret O'Brien in Meet Me In St.

Think of 'Psycho,' 'Night of the Living Dead,' the entire oeuvre of Jason and Freddy: It's the time of year when all get plucked from the pumpkin patches of our imagination for round-the-clock cable airings and DVD parties with punch chasers.

It started in 1904, when the title song was written. Then jump to 1941, when Sally Benson wrote a series of articles for the New Yorker about her family life around the turn of the last century.

Every book event isn't a workout for the cerebral cortex. Sometimes it simply entertains by bringing friends together for a laugh, says Marcia Evers Levy, director of the St.

Originally published October 23, 2009 at 4:01 a.m., updated October 23, 2009 at 5:07 a.m. ST.

Sedona, AZ: Join the Canyon Moon Theatre for a roller coaster adventure in theatre that will make the audience laugh until sides hurt, that challenges assumptions, and send everyone out of Canyon Moon Theatre with an off-key song in their heart.

You only have a few more chances to catch the stage plays Red Light Winter , Southern Rapture , and Meet Me in St.

Want to feel younger, instantly? Head to the Covedale on Cincinnati's West Side for Meet Me in St.

Chief among them is the accomplished performance of Anneliese van der Pol as the ingenue heroine.

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby, 713-558-8887. Details: Through October 11.

Anneliese van der Pol was a big star on You're So Raven . If, unlike my teenage daughter but like me, you never watched that particular Disney Channel TV sitcom, the news is something of a so-what. Stage musicals and plays love to bring in names from TV or the movies as a draw to build audience.