"Oooohhh! Are we talking of movies or plays?"
One musical and two plays, actually.
"Very nice!!! Okay! So, the category is perhaps things that are missing?"
No, the category... what the hey... how did you know that???
"Hahaha! G'friend, you have to try harder to fool me with stuff like this. Remember, I was right there with you."
So were my amigas. Well, for the first one. That was on Friday night. I was the one who let Sandy and Barbara and Kaye know about this musical written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Let me tell you, those teens at Savannah Country Day did an amazing job!!!
"They most certainly did! I know they are all the "Bright Star" in their families!"
For sure! Especially the five seniors - Madison DeLoach (as the smart teen who had a baby out of wedlock in the 1920's), Silas Johnson (the young man who fathered the baby, and whose father took the baby off "for adoption"), Liv Posey (the mother of the smart teen, as well as the dance coach of the show), Ben Templeton (the young writer who shows up in the 1940's), and Aidan Dunne (the stage manager for this musical with its cast of twenty). Kudos to the new director, James Venhaus, too!
"Don't forget: it's based on a true story! Shall we do the big reveal about the baby???"
No, we shall not. Some of these kind folks might actually see it sometime and we wouldn't want to spoil the surprise concerning that missing baby. It truly is a wonderful tale!
"Okay, okay, I won't spill the beans. So, let's talk about that bear! Did any of your amigas join you for that one?"
You know darn well they did not. Honestly, I didn't even ask them. I knew that "Corduroy" was aimed at small children and that demographic isn't quite their cup of tea. Remember the No Kidding! meetup? I liked the play, though! So did the little kids that were there! They even got to come on the stage and interact with the clowns during the intermission!
"Clowns??? I though it was about a toy bear in overalls..."
It was! And, much like Ralph's hobo garments, his was missing a button. So, he wandered all over the department store looking for it, much to the chagrin of the beleaguered night watchman, who kept putting the bear back in the toy department! Very funny!!"
"You skipped right over the clowns..."
They were the prop people for this black box performance at the Savannah Children's Theatre! Very entertaining for the little ones, and for us big kids, too!
"Got ya. Good idea, that was, especially with all the scene changes."
Yep! The way the Hive Repertory Theatre handled their many set changes would have allowed the tykes to lose their concentration.
"Wow! You finally went out to Rincon for one of their plays?!?"
I did, and for a night play at that. I have SJCAF events all day tomorrow, so I didn't have the option of the Sunday matinee. What a busy weekend this is!!!
"You must have really wanted to see this production, to have gone at night."
Hey, "Tooth & Tail" promised me pirates, a dragon, and a princess, all in the same story. You know I couldn't resist a set up like that!
"I hear ya loud and clear. So, how was it?"
It was a lot of fun! This was a fairly minimalist production, just as the other two were this weekend. The Hive used a couple of different painted curtains to change scenes, which they did frequently throughout both acts. The primaries consisted of a talking female fox; her best friend who takes on life as a pirate; a witch that speaks only in rhyme; a knight who becomes a dragon through a curse; a princess who is 12 and 11/12 years old; and the princess' attendant and guard, Molly. There were about 5 or 6 other characters to round out the cast.
"12 and 11/12 years old - that's funny! So, she gets kidnapped at some point?"
She does! And it's almost akin to "The Ransom Of Red Chief", as she never, ever, shuts up. Mostly she is asking questions and trying to figure things out, but she just cannot take a hint when someone tries to get a moment of peace.
"Hahaha! And did the play have anything to do with the video game of the same name?"
Well, not quite the same name; the video title spells out "And" rather than use an ampersand. And, no, other than the talking fox as the sole anthropomorphic animal, the two have naught in common. Fine by me!
"Very good! I'm glad that live theatre has ramped back up to its pre-pandemic level."
Up to it, and beyond! There may be fewer troupes, but they're doing more shows. I say a big old "Hallelujah!!!" to that! And I'll have one more play on Tuesday night. February has been a very busy month...
i thank You, God, that the weather has allowed me to partake of so much culture!
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