This is the 28,628th post on this blog. I know it seems like more but less than half of them have been about my buddy Frank Ferrante and his extraordinary one-man-and-a-pianist show…the one in which you see this Italian guy miraculously transform himself into Mr. Julius "Groucho" Marx. It's just like if Groucho was still alive and still performing except that Frank is not 131 years old.
In non-Pandemic times, much of Frank's career is "Have Mustache, Will Travel" and he tours the U.S. doing what he does so well. Many of you have gone to see him because of this blog's excessive plugging and many of you have written to me to say, basically, "You were right." Some of you have however written to express a frustration that Frank didn't come to a theater near you.
Well, you'll be able to see his show now, not in person (which is better) but on video (which is still damned entertaining). A video directed by the wonderful Dreya Weber has been made of Frank's show. I have seen it and it's delightful. Frank Ferrante's GROUCHO will have its world premiere on March 10 at the Blue Starlite Drive-Ins in Austin, Texas and it will continue to play there through April 7 on a double bill with Monkey Business starring the real guy and those brothers of his.
Frank will be there the first week for post-screening talkbacks and such. You can get tickets at this link and you can see a preview of it below. I will post info soon about other places you can see it if you're not up for the drive to Austin…