We've Been to See the Wizard

Today we, meaning Manchester, MI's first community theater group in.. a very long time.., completed our third and final showing of The Wizard of Oz. By "we," I mean that I was included in all of three rehearsals - of one which was the dress rehearsal - sang one song as part of the Rainbow Chorus, and returned for bows at the end of the show. The majority of the time was spent reading old Star Wars books. I did watch most of the show during rehearsals, and the whole thing looked very good. We had a particularly brilliant Lion and Scarecrow.

In case anyone is particularly curious about what a Rainbow Chorus actually looks like or does, here is a fairly good representation of our one part in the show. See the rainbow stole? Okay, so I didn't actually get to rule anyone or live in a tower. It was a nice thought though.

If it were not 12:48am, I would say something about the idea of home, and good versus evil, and what intelligence/love/courage really is, and what after all makes a good theater production anyway, and the difficulties of having eighty munchkins all under the age of eight, and just why there are so many songs about.. oh, sorry, wrong show.

All and all, it was a success. Who'd have thought it of such a small town? And Michigan scores again in the match for best state ever created.