cabaret . . .

so i have a closet love of musicals. i think living in nyc sparked a love of theater for me but i do admit to a life-long love of "grease". after all, i have been called "rizzo" by some friends for a very long time.

i've always been a bit *hesitant* to see the local productions of some shows but when cabaret was being put on by our local theater company staring storm large i just had to see it for myself. i bought tickets as soon as they went on sale and waited ... saturday was finally the day for the show. mac got the day off and joined me. we had great seats (although we arrived a bit late and had to sit in the *sin bin* aka the back wall until intermission). i have been a fan of storm large's for a couple of years and think she's an amazing musician and H - O - T! got to see the last show that she played with her band, the balls, back in august at the wonder ballroom. so when i heard she was going to play the lead part of sally bowles in cabaret i ran right out and bought the tickets. the added bonus was that another great local actor was cast as the emcee. wade mccollum is just an amazingly talented individual. i had the pleasure of seeing him in a one-man show last year called "i am my own wife" and he just blew me away.

cabaret is an already baudy show ... somehow this production just took it over the top. was so much fun and i just walked out giddy. there were times that i forgot it was storm as sally and that just proves how amazing of a job she did.

so today i'm thankful for . . . great theater and someone to share it with.