Death by Chocolate
Weekends seem to go better if we have something to do or someplace to
go, so I propsed that we go to see a play. We drove to Perry which is
next door to Brigham City to see a community theatre production. The
Heritage Theatre was putting on "Death by Chocolate" which sounded
rather cute. The play was a delightfully sarcastic comical murder
mystery spoof. Members of the newly renovated Meadowbrook Health Resort
were dropping like flies! It was up to John Stone, the manager, to
find the cause and the murderer. Stone found himself teaming up with Ed
Parlor, mystery writer and amateur sleuth, in a wacky race against
time. The clues pointed to a sinister box of chocolates, and the
suspects include all the outlandish characters working for the resort:
Lady Riverdale, owner of the resort, and a woman with dark secrets;
Ralph Deadwood, gym instructor and all around cad; Dick Simmering, the
aerobics instructor (think Richard Simmons); Anne, the panic stricken
nurse; "Sweet Pea" Meadowbrook, overweight and grieving daughter of the
recently deceased founder. I won't divulge the ending. I recognized
the interlude music they played: Peter Gunn, Get Smart, Pink Panther,
Inspector Gadget, Perry Mason, and Murder She Wrote theme songs.
The theatre was a converted church (LDS of course). What would have been the front of the church building inside was the stage with no curtain. They had put up a nice lighting and sound booth in the back. The seats where stadium style, but very cushiony and large. They cater to "family friendly" entertainment. We are thinking we would like to go see the next production, "The Lightening Bug -- The Musical." It sounds like it has a plot similar to "You've Got Mail," but the venue is stage theatre versus moving pictures.
We ended the evening taking a scenic route back to Logan, then eating dinner at Angie's.
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