Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment:

• Wanna be an actor but have commitment issues (or schedule conflicts)?

Youngstown Playhouse has an opportunity for you. The community theater will host 24 Hour Theatre this weekend. It’s an idea that has been in the area several times before, but this is the first time it’s been at the Playhouse.

Interested performers should arrive at the theater, 600 Playhouse Lane, at 7 p.m. Friday with a one-minute prepared monologue and a $5 entry fee.

When auditions are completed, writer / director teams will select their casts and then the writers will stay up all night crafting a 5-to-10-minute play.

The actors will arrive Saturday morning and have about 12 hours to learn their lines and blocking and gather the props and set pieces required to perform their shows in front of an audience starting at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Playhouse’s Moyer Room.

It is perfect for the person who doesn’t want to commit to a long rehearsal schedule or those whose schedules won’t allow them to take part in evening rehearsals on weekdays.

Tickets are $5 at the door on Saturday, and considering the capacity in the Moyer Room, I would suggest getting there early.

• One of my favorite days of the year is this Saturday — Record Store Day.

RSD started in 2008 as a way to grow the hobby of music buying / collecting. It emphasized the importance of independent record stores at a time when physical media sales were being threatened by digital music sales in the aughts and streaming services today. Many artists and small and major record labels issue limited edition recordings that are available exclusively to those non-chain stores.

Since then, vinyl has reemerged as the dominant format for physical media, and some younger faces are showing up in the lines for an opportunity to buy one of those limited releases.

The lines are likely to be longer than usual this Saturday for one reason — Swifties.

Among the 334 releases this Saturday is Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight,” a 7-inch single of the track featuring Post Malone with a mix of the song available on vinyl for the first time.

The song’s original version was included on Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” album, which was the top-selling vinyl release of 2024, and it sold between four and six times more copies than the number two seller, depending on which source is used.

That, coupled with the fact that Swift’s past RSD releases still command premium prices on the secondary market, will mean it won’t just be Swift fans grabbing those 45s.

Some area record stores are featuring live music as well as recorded releases.

Fat Hippy Records in Brookfield will host the current incarnation of the band Poobah, a favorite of record collectors.

Led by Jim “Poobah” Gustafson, the band’s 1972 debut album “Let Me In,” recorded at Peppermint Recording Studio in Younstown, has fetched as much as $1,000 from hardcore collectors.

Poobah will perform from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday with DJ Dustin Pounds spinning records from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Record Connection in McKinley Heights may have a future RSD superstar playing music at its sale.

Students from Austintown Fitch’s Rock Band class, taught by John Anthony of The Vindys, will perform about 2:30 p.m.

Before that, Demos Papadimas and his band will make a return appearance to the Record Connection’s RSD tent when the doors open at 10 a.m. Saturday, followed by the band Leadfoot Granny from Toledo.

I know I have a growing RSD want list this year, but I also have a shrinking 401(k). It’s a disheartening combination.

Andy Gray is the entertainment editor of Ticket. Write to him at agray@tribtoday.com.