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‘In the Zone’ is a lively place to be

YOUNGSTOWN — Hopewell Theatre finds nostalgic fun and a lot of ingenuity “In the Zone.” The production “In the Zone with Rod Serling,” which runs for three more performances, turns five episodes of the beloved television series “The Twilight Zone” into an evening of theater. The original series ran from 1959 to 1964, but the show never went away. I discovered it in syndication growing up in the ’70s. Younger generations might have watched “Twilight Zone” marathons on the Sci Fi Channel / SyFy, streamed it on Paramount+ or revisited the original series after the ...

Hopewell zones out with Serling stories

For the next two weekends, Hopewell Theatre plans to take audiences to “The Twilight Zone.” And just like it would have been for television viewers between 1959 and 1964 when the anthology series aired, the theater wants to surprise audiences with what they will see. That’s why Hopewell isn’t publicizing which five episodes it will present at its Youngstown theater. Director Christopher Fidram wasn’t alive when those episodes originally aired, but he watched them in syndication growing up. “I think back to when I started watching,” he said. “It would come on TV, ...

‘Menopause 2’ sets sail for Packard

Mary Louise Lee is no stranger to “Menopause” … or menopause, for that matter. Lee toured with the original “Menopause The Musical” about 20 years ago and is back on the road with “Menopause the Musical 2: Cruisin’ Through the Change,” which will be staged Tuesday at Packard Music Hall. “I tell people that 20 years later, I’m actually in menopause, so I can relate to the character a lot better,” Lee said during a telephone interview from Sioux City, Iowa. The original “Menopause the Musical,” which made its debut in 2001, features four women of very ...

Gray Areas: It’s a Halloween weekend of The Zou and some fireworks

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • James Brown may have been the hardest working man in show business, but Khalid Tabbara will be the hardest working man on Halloween. The Austintown native will be doing triple duty for a show Friday at Westside Bowl in Youngstown. His current music project is MUNNYCAT, the L.A. based indie pop duo featuring Tabbara as Khaledzou and his wife, Hubbard native Katianne Timko-Tabbara, as K808. It will be their first local show since the release of MUNNYCAT’s album “til death do us art” in August. Before MUNNYCAT, Tabbara ...

Mahoning Valley arts and entertainment

Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: “Jim Soppelsa: Abstract Variations” and “Dan Droz: Hidden in Plain Sight,” both through Nov. 6. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. hoytartcenter.org and 724-652-2882. ASHTABULA ARTS CENTER, 2928 W. 13th St., Ashtabula: Paul and Norma Tikkanen Painting Prize Exhibition, through Friday. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. ashtabulaartscenter.org and 440-964-3396. BUTLER ...

‘Living Dead’ can’t be killed

As anyone who's seen a George A. Romero movie knows, it ain’t easy to kill the living dead. Apparently the same is true for Rust Belt Theater Company’s “Living Dead: The Musical.” The theater founded by Robert Dennick Joki had to find an alternate location for its annual Halloween production because of a landlord-tenant dispute at Youngstown’s Club Switch, its home for several years. That search led it to Greene Eagle Winery, “the first and only people to bite,” said Keith Stepanic, director of this year’s production. However, less than a week before its ...