Now We Can Say “Not our first Rodeo”
Today we went to the World’s Oldest Indoor Rodeo at the Fort Worth Stock Yards. And yes, it was truly our first rodeo. This was the 117th Rodeo and was held at the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum in Fort Worth. This is the last year the event will be held at Will Rogers. A new $450 […]
An Unusual Show
We entered the Illusionarium, an immersive and technologically enhanced dining room, for the Cirque Dreams and Steam show. The show is inspired by Science Fiction, Victorian Fashion, Steampunk & the Industrial Revolution.We were seated by our hostess. Steve had reserved the “floor” seating, as it was billed as closer to the stage. The hostess and […]
A Jam Session
“Million Dollar Quartet,” the Broadway show that follows a night, December 4, 1956, during a jam session at the Sun Record Studios, in Memphis, Tennessee, with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash. Perkins had come into the studios, accompanied by his brothers Clayton and Jay and a drummer by the name […]
Music and Dancing
Burn The Floor is a production on three of the NCL ships, the Getaway, Breakaway and the Epic. We first saw the show on the Breakaway about three years ago. There was little difference between the two shows. In each one, the scenes were disjointed and the sets didn’t change.There were spiraling steel staircases for […]
The Book of Mormon
We, Steve, Rick, Rumi and I, went to see the national tour of The Book of Mormon, at the Municipal Auditorium Music Hall. The Book of Mormon follows two young Mormon missionaries sent to Uganda, who soon discover their training did not quite prepare them for the world outside of Salt Lake City. Elder Price, an […]
Oliver
Tonight was our last musical for this season at the Music Theater, at the Off Center Theatre at Crown Center. Oliver! was the first musical adaptation of a famous Charles Dickens work to become a stage hit. With music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, it première in the West End in 1960, enjoying a long […]
Shear Madness
We saw “Shear Madness†at the New Theatre Restaurant. The guest star was Richard Karn best known for TV’s “Home Improvements.†Also so appearing, Jim Korinke, who appeared in the first local production of “Shear Madness” in 1988 and has been in every subsequent local version since then. Dodie Brown, Craig Benton, Ron Megee and […]
Murder Among Friends
“Murder Among Friends†begins with a clap of thunder that the audience nearly jumping out of our seats. It was very loud and Morgan Fairchild was on the stage as the lights came up. It is very unusual for New Theatre for the “star” to show up on stage so soon. Morgan Fairchild was perfectly […]
“Oh What A Night”
We really enjoyed the “Oh What a Night” show, a foursome that did two tribute shows based on Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. The four guys who impersonated Frankie Valli’s group were superb, singing many memorable songs from this classic pop group. The range of the voices of two of their singers was incredible, […]
Lights, Camera, Music
Since Pride of America is such a small ship we did not expect the entertainment to be very much. We were surprised on several nights. The Lights, Camera, Music was an elegant tribute to the greatest moments of the Hollywood Musical. The costumes were wonderful as were the sets and production of the songs. We […]