At the Inlander, E.J. Ianelli checks out the schedule of plays planned by the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre this season, including "Peter and the Starcatcher" and "The Little Mermaid":

In celebration of their magical transmogrification from fish after coming into contact with a celestial dust called starstuff, a ragtag chorus line of mermaids in blue, stringy mop wigs and burlesque bikini tops are high-kicking, Rockette style. "Don't think about it!" one of them shouts at the audience the instant the irony becomes apparent. This playfully self-aware musical number is the second-act opener to Peter and the Starcatcher — a smart, fluid, fleet-footed origin story to Peter Pan, Captain Hook and all those who inhabit the world created by J.M. Barrie more than a century ago. More here.

DFO: My wife bought 4 tickets for the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre production of "The Little Mermaid." (Note to Self: Purchase season tickets next year and save a few bucks.)