Friday, June 19, 2009

Come and Meet those Dancing Feet

42nd Street was really good.  If I sound surprised it's because MUNY productions for the last 15 years have mostly been mediocre.  But this was a good show with lots of good dancing.

Considering that the temperature was in the high 90's with a heat index of 108 and when the show ended after 10:30 the temperature was still in the upper 80's, that's saying a lot. And the rain held off, the drops didn't start falling until the drive home.  Which is good because this wasn't Singing in the Rain.  Which has been on my mind all night because of comments on my earlier thread.

So here's a brief scene in honor of Andi:

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