Hello everybody. This shall be a quickee entry. So, I promised to actually give some thoughts on The Drowsy Chaperone and here it is. The show wasn't the best but I didn't hate it. It was quite funny at times. My favourite quote being, "Remember the Six Dimwits, twice as stupid as the Three Stooges." The narrator whose name is Bob Martin if I remember correctly was the best of the cast and I rather enjoyed Don McKellar as Adolpho. Judy Marshak who I saw in Anything That Moves was in this too and I found her to be just as funny. I just sort of missed her singing Menopausal Mama from Anything That Moves. I think it would've worked better as a play. I didn't find the music remarkably attention getting. It was pleasant and in the style of the 1920s but otherwise made not much impression.

I had a rather pleasant time last weekend at Stratford seeing Twelfth Night. You can go here to read my full review. I laughed, I felt, and the music was molto bene. It was set in 1920s Greece and everything merged very well. I loved Michael Therriault as Sir Andrew Aguecheek! He was such a cute bumbling idiot! Twelfth Night is a must see at Stratford. I'm looking forward to next year too, as it is the 50th season. I'm desperate to know what will be the repertoire of next season. All they have announced so far is King Lear with Christopher Plummer, All's Well That Ends Well, Richard II, and My Fair Lady. I'm iffy about My Fair Lady since Cameron Mackintosh announced that if the Stratford Festival is doing My Fair Lady next year, then the Toronto stop of the My Fair Lady revival tour will be a short stop instead of an open, sitdown stop. That annoyed me immensely! It's so much easier to get to downtown Toronto then to Stratford, no matter how much I love it. Then again, the York Street Kitchen is always a deciding factor. It's definitely the place to eat at when in Stratford.

Another show I saw last week was Mamma-Mia!. It shall be the last time I see it for a period of time. Anyway, David Mucci and Nadia Duggin from the Original Toronto cast returned from the U.S. tour to the Toronto production. That was a welcome change as David Mucci is now Sam and Nadia Duggin is Ali. David Mucci's portrayal of Sam had a combination of both Gary Lynch and David Keeley. His voice was beautiful and with time he shall become more comfortable. The show was enjoyable as usual but lacked a little energy as they are probably getting used to two new people and the chemistry may be off. The second act picked up. As usual I enjoyed Raymond Miller as Pepper and I'll miss him when he leaves the cast in the fall. Some news I didn't like was the Camilla Scott and Peter Deiwick are staying with the cast until January. I don't like to be mean but I didn't always like their approaches with their roles and would've rather seen other people as Donna and Sky. I may wait until December or possibly the new year to see it again. I wish the Broadway cast luck when it opens October 18 2001 in NYC at the Winter Garden Theatre!

Auf wiedersehen until the next time!