The Broadway musical “Waitress” has been working hard for a long time to get over to Fresno’s table, but Covid kept getting in the way.

Now it’s finally here to take our order.

The good news for members of The Munro Review: You can win a pair of tickets to the opening-night performance.

A national tour of the acclaimed Sara Sara Bareilles-written musical will stop at Fresno’s Saroyan Theatre on Monday, Jan. 24, and Tuesday, Jan. 25.

I wrote about an earlier national tour of “Waitress” that visited San Francisco in 2018 and featured among its cast the Good Company Players alum Ryan Dunkin, who played the character of Cal, the grumpy short-order cook. The musical is based on the The musical is based on the 2007 film of the same name. It tells the story of Jenna, a stellar baker and scraping-by waitress whose pregnancy upends her life.

Tickets for the Broadway in Fresno production range from $45 to $100.

I’m giving two tickets away. The contest is open to members, donors and individual sponsors of The Munro Review.

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For details on how to join, go to the Membership and Sponsorship page. No purchase, donation or membership is necessary to enter the ticket giveaway.

To enter this giveaway, leave a reply on this post (see the comments field below) answering this question: What’s your favorite kind of pie? (Or, if you’re shy, just give your name.) Deadline to enter is 2 p.m.  Saturday, Jan. 22. The winner will be picked at random and notified by email.

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