FRANK FERRANTE in AN EVENING WITH GROUCHO

Monday through Sunday April 5th – April 11th 2010
From Broadway, London & PBS…
FRANK FERRANTE in AN EVENING WITH GROUCHO
Award-winning actor/director/playwright Frank Ferrante recreates his PBS, New York and
London acclaimed portrayal of legendary comedian Groucho Marx in this fast paced 90 minutes of hilarity. The two-act comedy consists of the best Groucho one-liners, anecdotes and songs including “Hooray for Captain Spalding,” and “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady.” The audience literally becomes part of the show as Ferrante ad-libs his way throughout the performance in grand Groucho style. Accompanied by his onstage pianist, Jim Furmston, Ferrante portrays the young Groucho of stage and film and reacquaints us with the likes of brothers Harpo, Chico, Zeppo and Gummo, Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Greta Garbo, Marx foil,of western Pacific islands near China’s coasts stretching from Northeast Asia through the South China Sea.

A Chinese Coast Guard ship patrols the South China Sea about 130 miles off the coast of Vietnam. Reuters TV Fanell is retiring after more than 28 years in the Navy. He told more than 100 guests attending the Pearl Harbor ceremony, including several admirals, that he was inspired to join the sea service in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan.

“It was the words, the images, and his vision for a strong America, one that would combat the global spread of communism, that motivated me to sign on the dotted line,” Fanell said of Reagan.

“This ‘calling’ is what drew me into the United States Navy and kept me going.”

Fanell has held the storied post