Another Opening, Another Show

Last night was the opening night performance of Town & Gown's production of Rodger's & Hammerstein's Carousel, and I have to say, I think it was a smashing success. I can't even begin to describe how much fun this show as been. It has been an honor and a pleasure working with such wonderful, talented people. I'm so glad to have had the experience of doing a show at Town & Gown. Course, they did feed us and throw one helluva party! The low-country boil at the reception was incredible, although some of us may have had a little too much of a good time. But what they hey, you only live once!

It was a sold out house last night, and hopefully the rest of the shows this weekend and next weekend will do just as well. I can't wait for everyone to see this show and I will be so sad when it's over. I have met so many wonderful people while working on this production and created some great memories. It still baffles me how so many funny, talented people there are in one place.

Thank god all of the actors are so talented, because some of the songs are so long. Good, but long. It takes a real man to stand on stage by himself and sing an 8 minute song and a real woman to sing the same song twice, but completely different. Don't believe me, well you just try it and see. Not as easy as it looks is it?


So, to the few people who actually read this blog and aren't in the show, you should take a few hours out of your busy evening and come see Carousel. I promise you won't regret it. From clambakes to carousels and everything in between, you're bound to have a good old time!

"Oh, God. It sounds like a clambake!" - Selma Blair in A Guy Thing

The Thunder Rolls and the Lightning Strikes

Bring on the rain. It's true. I may be the only person on the planet who loves the rain. Now don't get me wrong, there are parameters for my love. I hate when it's hot and sunny, and then it rains. Warm rain, that may be the worst feeling in the world. Or when it pours for a minute or two, and then the sun comes out and it gets hot and us curly-haired people have a helluva hair day.

No, what I love are rainy days and thunderstorms. When the sky is that steely gray and it's a little chilly outside. Enough for a light sweater but not so cold you need a heavy jacket. It's the perfect kind of day to curl up on the couch with a good book or a good movie. It's the perfect type of day to sleep in, snuggled up under the comforter. You can lay there and watch the rain trickling down the window and listen to it tapping on the roof.

Watching the rain, I feel so peaceful. It just makes me so happy and glad to be alive. When I walk outside and the clouds are just hovering in the sky, so dark as to be slightly ominous, and I can smell the rain in the air, that's the greatest. I take a deep breath of cool, damp air and I smile. It's like my soul settles and I am completely at peace with the world. Also, the morning after a good rain everything is so lush and green, especially here in Georgia. Everything is so full of life after a gentle rain.

Then there are thunderstorms. Not the scary ones that rattle your windows and shatter your eardrums. Or the ones that fell trees and wipe out power lines. But the ones in the middle of the afternoon with the occasional, gentle boom of thunder or at night with lightning streaking the sky and rolling thunder lulling you to sleep.

"Everytime it rains, I listen to the sky and wonder what's so great about sunshine."
- Charlotte Martin