Stage Managing Jazz Concert

Rainy is Normal

Yesterday, I successfully rushed Next to Normal in St. Louis. For this lovely field trip, I managed to convince two other girls to come with me. It's always hard to get people to rush with because you never know if you'll see the show or not. But, I was nice, spared you the drama, and told you upfront that we got tickets (I actually managed to have 4 tickets, but we'll get there). As you can see from my lovely snapshot, it was raining yesterday. Why must it always rain when we go to shows (see Hairspray and Shrek)?  I packed us a little picnic lunch intended for the little park across from the theatre, but we ended up crowding under the lights of the marquee and watching the rain as we nibbled our nutella, Hawaiian sandwiches. When we went in to get our seats, an usher offered us and handed me tickets for floor seats (no, we weren't special, they were doing this for everyone in the balcony), but we opted to stay in our originally purchased seats (and that, my friends, is why I personally have 4 tickets for the show). The show was well performed. We were very excited to get to see Alice Ripley on tour. She won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical in this role in 2009,  so to see her in her award winning performance was a real treat! We made it back safe and sound, and I think I may have created some more future rushers!