The Theatre Company of Sun City’s will present Sentimental Journey, a musical about an entire lifetime and the milestones along the way in a production that is both humorous and heartwarming, featuring familiar songs and dances of days gone by.

The show is created by Rob Kaye, director, and Peter Davis, music producer.

Kaye and Davis created the show for luncheon and dinner theater in the mid-90s, when they worked as partners in a theater production company. At the time, Kaye says he drew on stories told by his grandparents, who remembered the day they brought home their first TV, which seemed enormous with its sixteen-inch screen; they also recounted the sight of military vehicles coming down neighborhood streets to deliver sad news to families of the enlisted during WWII.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – The Village of Lake in the Hills will be welcoming back their Barefoot Hawaiian show on Aug. 4 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in a new location: Ken Carpenter Park, Miller Rd. and Randall Rd. 

The last time the Barefoot Hawaiian show was performed in Lake in the Hills was around four to five years ago, said Casie Peltz, Recreation Coordinator for the Village of Lake in the Hills.

She said the Village has organized this show five to eight times in the past, and they decided to bring it back after their survey results pointed to people wanting it back.

HUNTLEY – The production of the play “I Hate Hamlet”  will premiere at Cosman Theatre, 12015 Mill St. in September. The beginning process has been completed, and the crew is on their way to complete rehearsals in August. 

Director Regina Belt-Daniels said the Huntley Park District advisory board landed on “I Hate Hamlet” before the COVID-19 pandemic, with the intention to uplift people once events started to open back up. 

“I Hate Hamlet” follows tv actor Andrew Rally, who has accepted the part of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, but he doesn’t like Shakespeare and isn’t crazy about playing the role of Hamlet, Belt-Daniels said.