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SAN FRANCISCO It was summer 1974, and a one-time street performer produced a comedy show in the back room of a club a perfect antidote to the grimness of Watergate and the Vietnam War. Tickets were $2.50 each, and everyone was hoping for a six-week run.
That was 35 years ago.Today, "Beach Blanket Babylon" is a San Francisco institution. Tickets go as high as $80, which hasn't stopped this kitschy homage to pop culture from selling out eight shows a week at the 400-seat Club Fugazi, where it's billed as the longest-running musical revue in the country.
'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'
• RATING: ****
• WHERE: Modesto Junior College Performing and Media Arts Center, main auditorium, 435 College Ave.
• WHEN: 2 p.m. today, 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Nov. 1
• RUNNING TIME: 2½ hours, including an intermission
• TICKETS: $8-$10
• INFORMATION: 575-6776 or mjc.tix.com
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