Ernest Thompson News

ACT's Board today announced its 2012-13 season, and the productions are as follows.

I remember seeing the movie version of ON GOLDEN POND, and though it's very well done, it's awfully mawkish and sentimental. I've kind of avoided the movie ever since, just because I really didn't feel like having a cry fest. But, the actual play by Ernest Thompson is surprisingly amusing and touching, and rarely goes overboard on the sentimentality. The Black Rep's current production is a very entertaining, moving, and funny presentation buoyed by the performances of an excellent cast.

Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions to complete the casting of its production of On Golden Pond on SATURDAY, JAN. 7, 2012.

Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions to complete the casting of its production of On Golden Pond on SATURDAY, JAN. 7, 2012.

Noted entertainment attorney Eric S. Goldman will produce Gay Bride of Frankenstein Off-Broadway in the 2011-2012 season. Written by Dane E. Leeman (book) & Billy Butler (book, music & lyrics), Gay Bride of Frankenstein is a pop/rock, fairy tale musical that follows the exploits of four high school friends on one fateful Halloween night at a very unconventional Monsters Ball. It's John Hughes meets Scooby-Doo, and asks the age old question: 'Will the girl get the girl?'

On Golden Pond, Ernest Thompson's acclaimed play about marriage, personal growth and the resolution of family issues, starring Dave Thoreson and Marianne Clark as Norman and Ethel Thayer, takes the stage of the Gaslight Theatre at Dickson's Renaissance Center, running October 7-16.

Geva Theatre Center's 2011-2012 Season officially opens tomorrow evening with On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson and runs in the Mainstage through October 2.

Geva Theatre Center's 2011-2012 Season officially opens tomorrow evening with On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson and runs in the Mainstage through October 2.

Geva Theatre Center's 2011-2012 Season gets off to a heartwarming start with On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson, which begins performances on September 6 and runs in the Elaine P. Wilson Mainstage through October 2.

The Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP), the nation's largest community theatre, has announced the 2011-12 season line up.

Hardly an easy task to successfully mount Ernest Thompson's heartwarming and funny On Golden Pond with the 1980 film starring Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda still so vivid in the mind! Well, I'm here to say that the current mounting at the Colony Theatre is of 5 star calibre all the way and not to be missed.

The Colony Theatre is thrilled to present the second production of its 37th season of shows - its first ever with six productions instead of five! Hal Linden & Christina Pickles will star in the classic, ON GOLDEN POND, written by Ernest Thompson and directed by Cameron Watson (Trying, Grace and Glorie).

The Colony Theatre is thrilled to present the second production of its 37th season of shows - its first ever with six productions instead of five! Hal Linden & Christina Pickles will star in the classic, ON GOLDEN POND, written by Ernest Thompson and directed by Cameron Watson (Trying, Grace and Glorie).

Executive Producer Aaron Grant has announced that "downtown director," Rachel Klein, will direct & choreograph Eric S. Goldman's upcoming Off-Broadway Production of Gay Bride of Frankenstein in the 2011-2012 season.

This Tony award winning play was the basis for the Oscar winning movie of the same name. It explores the relationship between an older couple, Ethel and Norman Thayer, and their daughter, Chelsea. The often-turbulent relationship Chelsea shared with her father growing up, as well as the difficulties faced by Ethel and Norman in the twilight years of a long marriage, make for a thoroughly enjoyable evening of entertainment.

Noted entertainment attorney Eric S. Goldman will produce Gay Bride of Frankenstein Off-Broadway in the 2011-2012 season. Written by Dane E. Leeman (book) & Billy Butler (book, music & lyrics), Gay Bride of Frankenstein is a pop/rock, fairy tale musical that follows the exploits of four high school friends on one fateful Halloween night at a very unconventional Monsters Ball. It's John Hughes meets Scooby-Doo, and asks the age old question: 'Will the girl get the girl?'

This Tony award winning play was the basis for the Oscar winning movie of the same name. It explores the relationship between an older couple, Ethel and Norman Thayer, and their daughter, Chelsea. The often-turbulent relationship Chelsea shared with her father growing up, as well as the difficulties faced by Ethel and Norman in the twilight years of a long marriage, make for a thoroughly enjoyable evening of entertainment.

The Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP), the nation's largest community theatre, has announced the 2011-12 season line up.

Lakewood Theatre Company will celebrate its 59th anniversary season with six productions on its Mainstage and three productions on its Side Door stage beginning July 8, 2011.

Lakewood Theatre Company will celebrate its 59th anniversary season with six productions on its Mainstage and three productions on its Side Door stage beginning July 8, 2011.