...Beauty and the Beast! It wasn't quite "Broadway" but the Rolling Hills production of Beauty and the Beast was pretty darn good! We went last night to see Allen Graves as "Cogsworth" and Jared Lynch as "The Beast." Both boys were both great and the show was an impressive feat for a middle school!
I'm an easy sell when it comes to musicals! They're always a fun evening out and the school productions are a bargain....tickets were just $10 each! That's less than going to a movie and it's live theatre! Such a deal!
It wasn't too many years ago that we were going to watch our own kids in Almaden Country School productions! They were all in several shows! Paige's biggest role was playing Amaryllis (the piano student for Marian) in The Music Man. Webb was the young boy at the end of Dicken's A Christmas Carol who Scrooge sends off to buy the gigantic turkey. Webb's line: "The one as big as me, sir?" Andie was Daisy Duke in a Lil Abner show.
When Paige wanted to try out for Hello Dolly, Director (and family friend) Sherry Curtis decided that every student had to be accompanied by a parent (who would also be a cast member). Truthfully, Sherry needed some adults for parts so it was a clever ploy! Who can resist their own child begging them to join the cast? So, yours truly, this mother with ZERO acting talent performed in Hello Dolly! Boy, was I ever out of my element!
No, the place for me at any play is definitely as a patron! A distinguished member of the audience! Happily looking up AT the stage and not a bundle of nerves ON the stage! And, after my debut in Hello Dolly, I think Director Sherry Curtis would even agree with that assessment!
