Attending Theatre

 

Once you have theatre in your blood, it never goes away.  That desire to be a part of theatre can take many forms.  I don't know if I will ever step on the stage again as an actor.  I always enjoyed it, both in high school and in college, but I don't know what my prospects are at this stage of my life.  It's a huge time commitment and time is a hot commodity for me these days.  So, I am working on satisfying that theatre need by attending theatre.  As much as I love being on stage, I love being in the audience.  

I've been to three shows this year.  That may not seem like a lot but given my pre pandemic track record it's pretty good.  Back then, I probably saw one show a year...maybe.  Michael never seemed to want to go to the theater, so I stopped asking him.  And I didn't want to go by myself.  Now, that was stupid.  I do many things by myself, and I should not have let that be an excuse, but I did. Back in March, I saw a musical revue about the Rat Pack, which was fun.  Then I saw Les Miserables, one of my all-time favorites, in April.  And finally, I saw, and the name escapes me, the last play at Triad Stage.  We didn't know at the time it was the last performance of the last play, so I'm glad I went!

So, next week I'm going to see Into The Woods at UNCG.  I've seen this show many times and I love the score, so I'm interested to see what the school does with it.  Honestly, the last time I saw this at UNCG some 20 plus years ago, it was not good.  It was not bad, it was simply boring.  The best part of the show, as I recall, was my friend Shannon playing The Witch.  She was phenomenal and, to be honest, her talent was wasted in that production.  But, that's the beauty of the theatre.  Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad and sometimes it's just ok.  But I'll never know unless I get my butt into a seat and find out for myself!  Side note, I need to get a student ID because tickets are MUCH cheaper for students!!

I'll be there with friends scattered around the audience.  I bought a solo ticket because I was told that they were going fast and wanted to make sure I had one.  That's a busy weekend for me so Friday night was the only time I could really go.  I am looking forward to it, having the house lights come down and hearing that orchestra.  I intend to have more of this in my life!