Franz To Star In Special CST Show

There’s big news for the Spotlight column, and then there is Big News. I think this falls into the latter category. Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre has announced a special show, for one night only, that will mark the return to the stage of Dennis Franz . Oh, and he’ll share that stage with Patty Duke , Ellen Travolta and Jack Bannon . This load of talent will come together for a staged reading of “Over the River and Through the Woods” at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1. The play centers on a young New Jersey man who, when given an opportunity to take a job in Seattle, faces stiff opposition from his two sets of doting grandparents. They scheme to keep him in town, even going so far to introduce a lovely single girl to dinner/ Carolyn Lamberson , SR. More here. (AP file photo: Actors, from left, Jimmy Smits, Dennis Franz and Isaiah Washington in a scene from old “NYPD Blue” series)

Question: How many Coeur d’Alene Summer Playhouse plays do you watch each summer?