It’s a top ten list! Except there are 12.
12) Seeing “Boeing Boeing”
It’s sexist, stupid, and incredibly dated, but dear lord is it fun.
11) The Songs of Black Suits
They are catchy as hell. It didn’t help that everyone involved with the show will break into one at a moments notice. I’ll have those damn things in my head for months. And you know what? I’m okay with that.
10) Seeing “Hair”
Those hippies won my heart. And there was nudity! Tee-hee!
9) The plates in Esther Demsack.
There is a scene in ED in which plates are overturned in a violent rage. They are not, however, supposed to break. That didn’t stop them, though. After and opening inght suprise in which a plate shattered, injuring our lead, we switched to plastic plates. The still broke. By the last show, we were not only prepared for this, but betting on it. True to form, all but one of the plates were destroyed.
8) The Blood in Neighborhood 3.
This was supposed to happen. In the Climax of the show, two characters engage in in epic struggle resulting in one bieng hit in the face with a hammer. This results in blood (Actually small squibs the actors had) splattering everywhere. The audience reaction to this was a great pleasure to watch, nevermore so then in the last performance, in which a group of high schoolers let out the loudest scream the show had known. Cleaning up all that blood? Less fun.
7) Noah Galvin
Noah (Everret in Esther Demseck) is a theatrical experience in his own right. Watching him backstage is jsut as fun as watching him onstage. We basically got a nightly one-man show out of him every night, always hilarious, yet slightly horrifying. Also, he listens to nothing but show tunes. He basically is Everett Brewster, minus the tragedy.
6) Seeing Spring Awakening
A group of spirited youths sing cheery songs about sex and death!
5) The performances in Neighborhood 3
These four actors (David Aaron Baker, Reyna de Courcy, Brian Gerard Murray and Sally Wheeler) gave you chills onstage. Offstage? As lovely as can be.
4) Not enjoying “August: Osage County”
Their’s something oddly satisfying about hating the play that won the Tony. Makes you feel like a rebel.
3) Talking with John Patrick Shanely
All of the Speakers we’ve had thus far have been fascinating, but Oscar winning playwright and screenwriter Shanely had a unique appeal to me. As an apsiring writer myself, I found his stories and outlook fascinating, not to mention the fact that he’s hilarious. It’ll be a hard session to top, but maybe the big Double S will be up to it
That’s Stephan Sondhiem btw. Double S? Get it?....Sorry.
2) Seeing “Sunday in the Park with George”
One of the Sondehiem’s best, done beautifully. Nuff said.
1) Being inspired to write my own plays to submit to SPF
Awww, isn’t that sweet? Isn’t that an uplifting way to end? See you in 4 days for my final blog.
-James Corkey Custer The Third