Lullaby of Broadway...
For an hour last night it was Dec 9, 1944 in one of the local senior living communities. Show went pretty well. A couple places where things didn't go totally smoothly, but nothing earth shattering. We had about 60 residents attend. Many of them sang along with the songs, which was great. One tiny little white haired lady came up to us afterwords to compliment our costumes.
"Memories fade, but then you see something, and it brings it all back," said she. How great is that?!
Especially since we had the right FEEL ... but the bulk of the stuff we were wearing was 80s remixes of the 40s look. There's only so much you can do on no budget and marginally useless thrift stores! :)
I personally felt great when I got a few giggles out of the crowd during my 'help save friendships with Arid antiperspirant' commercial!!
I'll try and remember to get pictures when we do the show again on June 1. I'm playing hooky from the summer show that night. Paying gigs are always good incentive to miss rehearsal. lol.
Ran into the director for the summer thing at lunch yesterday. She was like "Did you read the script?" and my "Yes" was a bit of a fudge, since I've still only read the bits I'm in. Hello self-centered actor type person! But it was pretty clear that she thinks it's as stupid as I do, but she says "We're just going to have fun." Which is a great attitude for summer, community, amateur, volunteer theater. Read-through is tonight, so I'll know more tomorrow. The cast has apparently changed a bit since the last update to the posted cast list, so I'm curious to see who all is along for the ride now.
So in the words of the Chase and Sanborn Radio Hour... Let's have another cup of coffee ...
"Memories fade, but then you see something, and it brings it all back," said she. How great is that?!
Especially since we had the right FEEL ... but the bulk of the stuff we were wearing was 80s remixes of the 40s look. There's only so much you can do on no budget and marginally useless thrift stores! :)
I personally felt great when I got a few giggles out of the crowd during my 'help save friendships with Arid antiperspirant' commercial!!
I'll try and remember to get pictures when we do the show again on June 1. I'm playing hooky from the summer show that night. Paying gigs are always good incentive to miss rehearsal. lol.
Ran into the director for the summer thing at lunch yesterday. She was like "Did you read the script?" and my "Yes" was a bit of a fudge, since I've still only read the bits I'm in. Hello self-centered actor type person! But it was pretty clear that she thinks it's as stupid as I do, but she says "We're just going to have fun." Which is a great attitude for summer, community, amateur, volunteer theater. Read-through is tonight, so I'll know more tomorrow. The cast has apparently changed a bit since the last update to the posted cast list, so I'm curious to see who all is along for the ride now.
So in the words of the Chase and Sanborn Radio Hour... Let's have another cup of coffee ...