There was a time not too long ago when westerns weren’t just fodder for children’s-television programming, but also an actual way of life. And due largely to the lack of electricity, these saddle-studded country folk had to rely on gunfights and melodramas for diversion. Thankfully, only one of these forms of entertainment still persists in mainstream society today. And, lucky you, there’s a local melodrama theater to satisfy your old-timey cravings. Join the All American Melodrama Theater and Music Hall troupe as they perform Drac in the Saddle Again, a comedic vampire western. This unlikely tale depicts shit-kickin’ cowboys and the shenanigans they get into after the sun goes down. Guests may enjoy food and cold beer while the actors perform to the tune of a ragtime piano. Six-shooters not permitted—even though it is Long Beach.
Thu., Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m., 2008
