Opening Night Report

[TheCalvinator24]

Tonight was opening night of our community theatre's production of Cheaper by the Dozen. I play the father, Frank Gilbreth, Sr.

We had about a 1/2 full house. The show went fairly smoothly. The only 2 times that it seemed obvious that there was floundering for lines onstage were both mine. Of the 12 kids in the cast, I believe only 1 of them had ever done a show before. The woman playing my wife is also a first-timer.

They all did great.

Now, if that old hack playing the lead could just remember all of his 312 lines, the play would be just snaky.

[etaoin22]

aww, that sounds like an amazingly cute and fun thing to be doing, with all those kids on stage, based on so warm a book.,and the old guy playing frank sr. is no doubt an excellent paterfamilias.

[peacock2121]

Great report!

Is 1/2 full on opening night a good thing, a normal thing or a bad thing?

Now - go memorize your lines!

[TheCalvinator24]

Great report!

Is 1/2 full on opening night a good thing, a normal thing or a bad thing?

Now - go memorize your lines!

Kinda normal, which is disappointing when you have a stage full of kids. In theory, a show with kids is supposed to draw much better.

[sunflower]

Congrats! How long is it running?

[TheCalvinator24]

Weekends until March 1st.

[Estonut]

Congrats, but I thought this was going to be baseball-related!