It's a veritable art gallery! Today, I saw two performances of SUESSICAL JR. at the Towle Theater in Hammond. It is a broadway musical condensed and simpified so that younger perfomers can learn it and put it up in a relatively short time. As in, this group had 45 hours. Three weeks, three hours a weekday, to put up an hour and ten minute musical. And, my apologies to all involved with other shows I've seen this year, this was my favorite. The kids ranged in age from seven to 15 years old, and the talent was really remarkable. And, yeah, I am a longtime Dr. Suess aficionado. Just a lovely, sweet show. Entertaining, touching and only seventy minutes? Everything you could want in a Broadway-type musical. Seriously.
I have recently agreed to direct the non-musical show KISSING at the Towle in the Spring of 2010. (2010. Huh.) It will be my goal to keep KISSING under an hour and 20, but we'll have intermission.
So, after a Dr. Suess musical, I reached for a whimsical animal-themed label in my fridge. Three Floyds again -- what can I say? APOCALYPSE COW is a double IPA with an intense citrus character and a malty sweetness augmented with a creaminess provided by the addition of lactose malt sugar. So good! So hoppy, yet so smooth! But it's gone for the season now, so I am afraid you are out of luck if you haven't gotten your hands on one yet. As the immortal Theodore Geisel said, From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!
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