SMALL TOWN THEATRE..............better then Broadway!

Sundays during Football Season are like my own

"Little Vacations"....

As long as the Boss is left food I can pretty much go away for hours

without him even knowing I am gone....So this past Sunday I did just that.....

After reading in our local paper that the Musical

"42nd. Street"

would be playing at the newly refurbished Strand Theatre on

The Marietta Square

I secured myself one really good seat....

3rd. Row Seat one!!

I had not paid much attention since they opened the old movie theatre awhile back

But I am quite fond of music from the 30's and 40's so I was very excited to

see this play......

And after last years Fiasco on Broadway of the Revival of

Ragtime....

I figure how bad could it be.....

A very Chilly 30 degree Sunday.....I wandered around the Square

before making my way inside the theatre....

with a very small town feel....Marietta is actually huge compared to our
Hometown back in the Motherland....
I think we have 7 or 8 High Schools at last count....
This beautiful Square is actually inside the city limits......

Inside the Strand there is art work from local artists everywhere you look....
I was surprised how lovely it was....
Much nicer then the Neil Simon Theatre in Manhattan...
Where you might remember it as being the scene of last years crime
When I snuck a photo of the final curtain call and was almost
ousted out by the
"Usher Police"

The place was packed with a varied assortment of Locals....
Young.....Old.....Men and Women....a few children...
Every seat was filled...
Being a Huge fan of Tap Dancing....
I sat in awe of these performers...
There had to have been 25 or so people in the cast and a more talented bunch of
Folks you would not want to meet....
The "star" of the show.....that tiny little thing in the blue dress was the
most amazing dancer I have ever seen.....Anywhere!!
Casey Leigh Thompson is her name
and she could sing..... she could act and Boy could she dance....
The Playbill showed that she has been in all sorts of musicals including
Legally Blond on Broadway....

But after reading through everyone's Bio it appears they are local performers and others who travel all over the country to perform
doing all sorts of theatre.... One of the chorus members is a local high school student.....
But
Miss Thompson is destined to be a Broadway Star.....

So next time your thinking of going to Local Live Theatre but wonder if it will be just
"SoSo".....
Think again......This play was by far as good if not better then plays I have seen on
Broadway....

If you are in the Atlanta area "42nd. Street" is Playing through
December 19th.....
and is being presented by
The Atlanta Lyric Theatre

It was the best 2 1/2 hours I have spent in a very long time!