You'll Shoot Your Eye Out, Kid...

Well, as usual, I have been remiss in updating this thing...Thoroughly Modern Millie turned out to be a tremendous success artistically. 4-star review from The Bham News, enthusiastic and respectably-sized audiences, and excellent performances from the cast. I am exhausted but very happy.

No rest, however, as we had our read-through for A Christmas Story last night. As with Millie, the cast is outstanding, especially local radio celeb "Dollar" Bill Lawson as The Old Man. Hopefully the antics of Ralphie and his BB-gun inspired mania will entertain and amuse... :-)

Not much else to report, but I will try and put down something insightful and pithy this weekend.

Today from The Motherland...Pottermania continues...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7062090.stm

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Sidewalk, etc.

To quote my friend and fellow blogger Aaron White (from several years ago) oh, I had me a blast at the Sidewalk. (I also ran into Aaron there this year, so he and Sidewalk have become inseperably linked in my mind.) For those who think there were two grown men playing marbles on the pavement, allow me to clarify..."Sidewalk" refers to the Sidewalk Film Festival, which is held every September in and around downtown Birmingham. I am slightly ashamed to admit that this was my first time to attend. It will not be my last! :-) The fare is mostly indie films (some locally produced) and I imagine the quality varies. The films I saw were all quite good...one was about an x-rated country singer (dirty lyrics, not coitus while singing...although that would be a neat trick...) Another was about 2 guys rowing a boat from New Jersey to The Bahamas (pretty good but a little dull in spots) and the third was a series of animated shorts ranging from outstanding to not-so-bad. In all, a very enjoyable weekend. Rumplestiltskin has hit stride and we are settling in for the long haul. Tomorrow is another three-performance day (ugh) but for the most part, it's fun. The kids seem to be enjoying it, I like all my castmates, and the paycheck, while not lordly, is decent. On other theatrical fronts, Thoroughly Modern Millie is showing potential for greatness. I don't want to tempt fate by gushing TOO much, but I think it will be quite good. Incidentally, if anyone was wondering, I did buy the Passat. I love it! It's amazing how quickly the year has gone by. I recently spoke with a friend who is going on the CenterStage London trip in December (still time to sign up) and she made the comment that we will be in London in three months. Wow. It seems like yesterday that I sent out the first "would anyone be interested in this" letter back in January. On that note, I will keep the British theme going with today's News From The Motherland...an Irish fair turns tragic when the Lord Mayor tries to jump over a human tomato... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7026851.stm FLT3