What Does $5 Buy You These Days? Or, “Gee Our Old Lasalle Ran Great, Those Were the Days…”

I remember when pop was ten cents a can (well, who would pay more than that for a can of Tahiti Treat for goodness sake!) and a bag of cheesecorn and a new Archie Comic would set you back about fifty cents! Ah the early ’70s…

But inflation has really eaten away at a kid’s buying power! I mean it’s hard for a kid to scrape together enough to buy a supersized extra large fries these days!

So what does a fiver get you?

1. One movie rental for which you get one highly scratched, virtually unwatchable DVD of HOOK — hmmm — or;

2. Two and a half supersized Mr. Big chocolate bars (ASIDE: Does anybody really need that much nougat?) — hmmm — or;

3. Forty-five fabulous minutes of the all singing’ and all dancin’ hot new kids live-on-air-conditioned-stage musical THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND!

That’s right! For just $5 ($10 for young-at-heart grown-ups), a kid can come and see eight incredibly-talented actors and three incredibly-talented musicians bring the classic Beatrix Potter story to musical life! THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND is the fun family musical story about a pig who is forced to find his way in the world — the perfect coming of age PIG story!

And here’s the closer — no tax! Just a crisp five bucks (or two toonies and a loony, or five loonies, or 20 quarters or … well, you get the picture!).

So kids, go bug your Mom or Dad or big sis or big bro’ to bring you to see THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND. Your grown-up can buy tickets by calling 416.967.1528 or visiting fringetoronto.com.

Happy days are here again!

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