What’s not to love about Vincente Minnelli’s 1944 musical that follows the lives of the Smith family the year before the 1904 World’s Fair? You’ve got Margaret O’Brien, Marjorie Main and June Lockhart, plus the Christmas section of the film, featuring Judy Garland singing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” It may be overly sentimental, but still a joy to watch. 10:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, on TCM.
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‘Meet Me in St. Louis’
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“Come on babe, why don’t we paint the town…”
Posted in theater, tagged 25th annual putnam county spelling bee, alan wilkie, blake r. york, camelot, christian doyle, d.j. gommels, david koch, heather edwards mcrobbie, jared michael brown, jim fisher, judy ann moulton, judy garland, judy sings judy, kim douglass, mizzle, nancy fisher, renton civic theatre, seattle musical theatre, spencer faibanks, tacoma little theatre, theater, ward scott brown on October 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »
As I begin rehearsals for my next project (“Chicago” at Seattle Musical Theatre), I wanted to take a quick look back at some of the great stuff I’ve seen over the past few weeks.
First off there was “Sleuth” at Tacoma Little Theatre featuring my friend Alan Wilkie (and Christian Doyle, pictured). Great set by Blake R. York. Both actors did nice work in a show where the twisty plot is best left to be discovered than analyzed.
The very next week I went over to Seattle Musical Theatre to see their production of “Camelot.” I have to admit here that this is not my favorite of musicals, but the cast and crew at SMT did a very capable job. Director Ward Scott Brown made some efficient cuts in the script that kept the evening at just over two hours. I’ve seen productions of “Camelot” that went on and on and on. Tops among the cast for me were Jared Michael Brown as King Arthur and Spencer Fairbanks as Squire Dap.
Then there was “Judy Sings Judy,” starring my friend Judy Ann Moulton singing the songs of Judy Garland backed by a great band. A lovely evening (I especially enjoyed “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “The Man That Got Away”). Additional shout outs to director David Koch and the always lovely D.J. Gommels at the piano.
The last of the group was “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” at Renton Civic Theatre. I’ve seen a tour of he show before and it is pretty darn adorable. One of the actors was actually absent the night I went and the rest of the cast had to delay the start time for the show, regroup and work around her. Delightful work all around. Standouts for me were Nancy Fisher as Rona Lisa Perretti and Heather Edwards McRobbie as Olive Ostrovsky. And the always capable Kim Douglass and Jim Fisher did great work as the onstage band. I also got to be one of the spellers chosen from the audience. It was fun, but I went out on the word “mizzle.”