May The Stars Light Your Way
After work today, I drove directly to Newport Kentucky because it’s opening night of Wendy’s show at Falcon Theater — LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS! I stopped at Walgreen’s to pick up some Swedish Fish candy for the cast, then headed down to a restaurant that…
Tonight was Wendy’s final dress rehearsal — the last rehearsal before LITTLE SHOP OF HORROR’s opening night at Falcon Theater. All the elements of the show should be there and working perfectly; the only thing missing should be the audience. I had the night off, so was…
An unexpected change of plans tonight… I was scheduled to have GARDE MANGER class at Cincinnati State this evening. When I arrived at the school’s kitchen, it was apparent that our food cart — the requisitioned food items that we’re to use in the class — had not arrived. Chef arrived shortly after and made a few calls only to find out that the employees in receiving had already left for the evening so there was no hope of getting our food items.
We did the best we could with what we had on hand, taking the time to create ‘presentation plates’ of our cold soups (I made a Tomato Basil soup) for chef to evaluate and taste. However, we were still done with everything before 6:00. So I headed home as quickly as I could because I knew Wendy had gotten her hair bleached for LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, the show she’s doing for Falcon Theater, which opens this Friday and I wanted to see what it looked like. While it’s a big change, she’s still super-gorgeous. She invited me to attend rehearsal this evening, so I went with her. Dinner was a visit to the drive-through at Wendy’s for chicken nuggets and fries.
The rehearsal went well and I think their show is going to be very good.
A simple dinner for me tonight — just the end of the left-over LaRosa’s pizza. Wendy has rehearsal for LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Falcon Theater tonight (in preparation for this weekend’s opening), so I was left to a quiet house this evening. The downtime,…
After this evening’s class at Cincinnati State, I went out to Pomodori’s for pizza and a couple beers with Hype and Alex, two students in my class. It was nice to relax after class, and the pizza was great, as usual. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM V!
Book & lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken
Directed by Dave Radtke
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Little Shop of Horrors tells the story of a downtrodden nerd named Seymour Krelborn who lives in the basement of his workplace, Mushnik’s Flower Shop in Skid Row. Mr. Mushnik treats Seymour like dirt, causing Seymour to bemoan his fate: “I keep askin’ God what I’m for, And He tells me ‘Gee, I’m not sure.’â€
The other employee at the “God and customer forsaken store†is the blonde bimbo Audrey, with whom Seymour is hopelessly in love. Audrey secretly fantasizes about living a life with Seymour as her husband, but doesn’t reveal her dreams because her boyfriend, a sadistic dentist named Orin Scrivello, D.D.S, wouldn’t like it. For Seymour, everything is about to change. A strange and exotic plant he recently bought is beginning to blossom into something the likes of which no one has ever before seen…
This affectionate spoof of 1950’s sci-fi movies is a hilarious and side-splitting musical. This production features Dan Berger, Wendy Vogel, Ray Lebowski, Jay D. Benson, Tony Wright, Anna Futoran, Cicely Tutson, TeQuanna Colvin and Aretta Baumgartner.
Performance dates: May 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, and 20 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets are $15.00 for Adults and $12.00 for Students and Seniors.
Monmouth Theatre
636 Monmouth Street
Newport, Kentucky
This evening, I participated in the ONE NIGHT, TWELVE KITCHENS event at the Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. This is the second annual occurance of this fundraising event. The monies raised benefit the students in the Culinary program. Read more…