TIN
PANCAKES ALLEY—Judy Forman, founder and still the main
noise at the Big Kitchen Café on Grape Street in South Park, loves to put on a
good show. She’s a ham to go with her
eggs and more menu.
Her latest side dish is
being served on stage in the form of a theatre production called “The Big
Kitchen: The Musical.”
Judy describes the thespian
effort as a counter culture musical about former Detroit social worker Judy
Forman - aka Judy the Beauty on Duty - and the inclusive community she has
fostered at her eclectic southern California restaurant.
Since 1980 (when she opened
her café) Judy and the BK have been the center of the world for artists,
musicians, gays and lesbians, political activists, hungry people and seekers of
all kinds.
You
can catch the show tonight and tomorrow night at the Cygnet Theatre in Old Town
(4040 Twiggs St.). Curtain rises at 7
pm.
Be
alerted the production is a staged reading of a work in progress. Plenty asides will be served.
Tickets
range from $15 general admission to $10 for student, senior or military
theatregoers.
WHY
IS JUDY DOING THIS?
Judy Forman explains this production is an original work of
music and theater, not a remake or an adaptation. The Big Kitchen is also an
original. It is both unique and universal: everybody needs to eat, and most of
us seek communities of some kind. But most cafe owners aren't social activists.
She believes in investing in people as opposed to stocks.
Life experiences have taught her that change comes from the grassroots...and
she loves to water the grass! Just ask Whoopi Goldberg, who once worked at the
BK.
Profits at the BK are measured in terms of the impact on
people’s lives.
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