Here at The City in Curtains, we try to give you season announcement information as it trickles in. I usually get somewhat jazzed hearing what different companies have in store for the months ahead. Quite often, I groan, "What? 'The Odd Couple' again?'

When I get an announcement out of McCoy-Rigby Entertainment like the 2007-08 season notice that came down the pike a couple of days ago, I thank the theater gods for staying in my corner. Hence this blog entry.

Now, for those unaware, the McCoy Rigby season plays out at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. The creative forces are producer Tom McCoy and his musical theater performing wife Cathy Rigby, Yes, she of gymnastics and "Peter Pan" fame.

Shows that play at La Mirada are often musicals or well known straight plays. "Greater Tuna" is there now. Suzanne Sommers is coming in. You get the idea.

They also occasionally launch tours, such as last year's "Camelot" with Michael York and, a few years back, "Peter Pan" starring, uh huh, Cathy Rigby.

Now, I mean no disrespect to Ms Rigby, who knows her niche and who has been playing Peter Pan (AKA the boy who doesn't want to grow up) for what feels like centuries. During that last tour, which originated in La Mirada and was supposed to signal her farewell to the role, her husband made a pre curtain announcement that talked about "Peter Pan" Viagra being on sale in the gift shop. Yes, I know, please try to contain your laughter.

There is no shame, of course, to milking something until you can milk it no further. Whether Ms. Rigby sticks to her resolve to Pan no further is entirely up to her.

But looking at the 07-08 season, I was bemused to find a season opening revival of "Too Old for the Chorus," a musical about the joys and rewards of aging.

No, "Too Old" will not star Cathy Rigby.

But the next production will, and here's where things get funny.

Next up at La Mirada (Nov. 2 to 18, 2007 so mark your calendars, folks,) is a revival of A.R. Gurney's comedy "Sylvia," a play about a love triangle of sorts between a middle aged man, his steady wife and the female dog he brings home. The pup is usually played by an actress of ingenue age. Sarah Jessica Parker, then age 30, played it at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

In La Mirada, the role of the "sassy little mongrel who is a shameless flirt" will be played by _ wait for it _ Cathy Rigby. Who will be 54.

Yes, it must be nice to run a theatre. That's one way to guarantee you'll never be too old to play the puppy.

The rest of the season? Oh right. Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy" (Feb. 1-18, 2008) , the musical "I Do! I Do!" (April 11-27), and Uhry's "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" (June 6-22).

For more details, check out (714) 994-6310 or t www.lamiradatheatre.com.