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Liz Who? ([personal profile] lizfu) wrote2010-11-21 06:07 pm

Day Ten: 11/21: Part Two: The only thing better than Hairspray....

My boss played Wilbur in a local production of Hairspray, which I went to see today, because I told him I would and I needed something to distract myself. It wasn't the best example of community theater (childhood memory: seeing an awesome community theater production of Anything Goes - it's ruined me for community theater), but it had a lot of heart.

And.

My boss.

Can really sing o.o

And dance.

And is hilarious on stage.

I was shocked! He was an entirely different person from how he normally is in the store! He was easygoing and natural on stage, like that's where he wanted to be, even if the stage in question was in a small, renovated movie theater-turned opera house with subpar acoustics.

I think I understand actors a little better now. It's not necessarily about the avenue; it's about performing.

Which I sort of miss as a musician.

I only played bass clarinet in band from middle school to high school, but the feeling of being on a stage, playing an instrument, is very hard to forget. It's like being in another world entirely, where the only thing that matters is the stage and the music.

Maybe that's something that's been missing from my life....

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