Rating:  4 out of Fordyce

Williamston Theatre has done it again: a show that gives you a great evening where you laugh, smile, and think.

Five Course Love is an adorable musical show that takes place in five scenes in five separate restaurants. A three-person cast brings the whole tale to life, and a great script glides perfectly from scene to scene and song to song, right up to a fantastic ending that explains it all.

Laura Croff, Matthew Gwynn, and Aaron Moore make up the cast. They change characters at lightning speed as we feast at a Texas barbecue place, head for the Italian restaurant that I think I saw in the Godfather, end up in a German café with the funniest Krauts since the dancing swastikas in The Producers, mosey south of the border for some Mexican food, and end up back in the good old US of A for the final scene in the diner.

While Gwynn and Moore are just marvelous in their many roles, it is Croff who is amazing. Regulars know how much I love her acting. She is Michigan’s treasure. She is part Gilda Radner, part Lucille Ball, and part Lauren Bacall, but she always mixes it all up with her own personal spin. In this a case: “BRAVO” as she goes from floozy to mob gal to dominatrix to senorita to waitress. She will amaze you.

The songs here are great, too, and the dancing is cool. Jeff English is right on target with music; the behind-the-scenes people did their jobs amazingly well. Director Tom Woldt is to be commended for using stage space, dance steps, songs, lights, sounds, props, and even the audience in such a perfect way to make this a perfect show. Five Course Love has to get a perfect four out of Fordyce. Get your tickets and go enjoy.

Just a word of caution: This show has some adult themes and is for mature audiences.