Another one down

Well, we just opened another show up in Beloit. The last of their season. Neil Simons Broadway Bound. Great show. And for once, not destroyed by the theater. The cast is all really strong and experienced, and they pull off the dysfunctional family very well. I thought that Charlie Brown was going to be the best of the summer, but this one may just be it. Roddy Mac is the grandfather, and while he's a bit old for the role, he's dead on in his performance. He admitted to me that he's really struggling with it though, and that this would probably be his last show. Well, that's also what he said during Tuesdays With Morrie (though, granted, this was a bit of an emergency situation with the AD being arrested/fired, he kinda felt obligated to help out).
One of the old Stage Managers from NAT is SM'ing BB, so it was a late night drinking and chatting and catching up, she, S and me. We closed up the after-glo reception, went back to KK's hotel bar, only to find it closed, and went to a nearby dive bar that the desk man at the hotel recommended. The Turtle Tap. a bit of a biker/trucker bar, but we were drinking Miller on tap. I think it must have been 3 or 4 each, and the bill came to $10.!! I think we left a 100% tip. My kind of bar.

Rumor has it there's poker on Saturday.
Next week rehearsals start for AE's first show, Laughing Stock. Another backstage at the theater comedy. Funny stuff.