2012-2013 Season Beginning

This year has already begun to fly by.  So many fun things have happened so far that I could type for days and fill up far too much space telling you about them.  Here is a quick recap of the shows I have been a part of so far this season with a little info about each.  The rest of my posts from here on out will each be about individual shows and more detailed.

From www.marychapincarpenter.com

Our season opener this year was a concert by a recent inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Mary Chapin Carpenter.  That was an amazing day.  She and the band/crew were very easy going and awesome people.  They rolled in at 8:30 in the morning and were here until about 11:00 that night.  We unloaded everything, built the stage, had a great show, tore down and reloaded them all in that time.  Thank you to everyone involved on that day, especially to Mary for such an amazing show and for being such a cool gal.

After Mary, we had a few smaller, though no less important, shows.  We had a satellite broadcast of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time' from the National Theatre of Great Britain, a concert by the Prescott Pops Symphony, and a satellite broadcast of the Manhattan Short Film Festival.  These were all slightly more easy shows to setup and run, but they all had their little quirks.

The next big show to visit was the National Circus of the People's Republic of China.  Wow.  That was not only fun to watch but educational for some of us as well.  45 Chinese unloaded from a bus and started rehearsing at 3:00 in the afternoon and from that moment on it was a spectacle to see.  They worked hard, but were laughing and enjoying everything they did from moment one.  It was awesome to see people love what they do as much as this  group did.  Then it was suddenly quiet.  Apparently it was pre-show nap time. They were all sleeping on the stage or in the dressing rooms an for an hour before getting ready for the show.  Then as soon as the show was over, they tore everything down and were on their way to the next city faster that any group I have ever seen at our theatre.  Great show, great crew, keep up the smiles!

Since then there have been three more shows.  One was the Prescott Film Festival showing of indy film Must Come Down.  Very simple to run and a really cute film.  Then came one of my favorite moments, the live broadcast of L'Elisir d'Amore from The Metropolitan Opera House in New York.  What a blast to watch this amazing cast perform the comedic opera from Donizetti.

Finally, we are down to the most recent of events in my world.  I think I am going to save this for my next post since it is still so fresh in my mind and I can give you more info of all the happenings of the week.

'Til next time,

Matthew