Final weekend of "Guys and Dolls"!Strange weekend, in some ways. For example, on a St. Patrick's Thursday night, Giorgio shaved his head. He didn't want to talk about it much, and had to wear a wig for the final three performances. I asked Karina what had happened Thursday night, and she said: "Well, there isn't much to say." So there!
There were some blunders. On Friday night, Michael, playing garage mechanic Joey Biltmore, was talking about the difficulty of predicting how women would react to being invited on a trip; even women like goody two-shoes Sarah Brown. Michael flipped the line, however, so it came out: "She's not a doll; she's a horse!" On Saturday night, in the final scene, Steve Isaacson, playing Nathan Detroit, meant to ask Arvide Abernathy whether he and his bride Adelaide could use the Save-A-Soul mission for their wedding, but instead he asked whether he and Sarah Brown could get married there, abruptly introducing an unanticipated plot twist. And, of course, on Sunday afternoon, Spencer Johnson, playing Big Jule, presented Steve Isaacson, playing Nathan Detroit, with his suspiciously-anonymous marker, which was supposed to be signed with an "X". On the marker, Megan had apparently drawn an illustration of a penis, another unexpected plot twist, which set both Spencer and Steve to giggling in a scene which was supposed to feature an element of menace.
But it was all in good fun, and we had an excellent run. Apparently it was the best-attended show so far this season: even better-attended than the well-attended "Chess".
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