Olympia Little Theatre has harpooned a Moby-Dick of a show with Red Herring. Its production opens on Maggie, a brassy Bostonian cop. Her partner in love and heroism, Frank, is trying to convince her to marry him. She pumps the brakes, claiming eagerness to solve the case of a body at the pier. And we take off from there, meeting characters from nordern Wiscahhhnsin, Soviet Russia and northern Texuhs who take us on an escapade of humorous proportions.

Read Amanda Stevens' full review of Red Herring in the Music & Culture Section.

RED HERRING, 7:55 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 1:55 p.m. Sunday, through Nov. 9, Olympia Little Theatre, 1925 Miller Ave. NE, Olympia, $10-$14, 800.838.3006