{"id":6917,"date":"2018-10-09T16:05:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T20:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?p=6917"},"modified":"2018-10-09T16:07:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T20:07:49","slug":"flashback-avenue-q-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?p=6917","title":{"rendered":"Flashback [Avenue Q Edition]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boyfriend and I went this past weekend to Asheville Community Theatre<\/strong><\/a>‘s production of Avenue Q<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. I really think it is one of the most genius musical ever written and it was fun to see it live again. It got me thinking about the production I directed at our local theater<\/strong><\/a> exactly five years ago (September 20 – October 6, 2013).<\/p>\n

I didn’t post anything about the show back when we did it. I was in a bit of a funk about this blog and got very bad about posting things. Bad of me, I know.<\/p>\n

I have never been a fan of saying “best cast\/best show I have ever worked on.” All shows are different and to say “this one’s the best” seems to be dismissive of other shows\/casts you have worked on\/with. That being said …\u00a0Chuck (the Music Director) and I managed to assemble the perfect cast. Everyone matched perfectly with their characters and worked really hard at mastering the puppeteering. They made directing the show so easy.<\/p>\n

There was some stress about the set. The Executive Director of the theater got freaked out about the infamous “pussy” line about three weeks out from opening and we had a row about if it should stay in the show or not. Thankfully, I prevailed (somehow) and it did end up staying in the show. And, I got yelled at by the him because I blasted the editor of the local paper because they didn’t give us any coverage going into opening weekend. But, those are the things you deal with when putting on a show.<\/p>\n

We had THE BEST TIME EVER doing this show. I cried during the finale of the final performance because it was over. I could have watched these fine people work their magic on that stage for so many more weeks.<\/p>\n

Here’s the cast and crew …
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You see a crap-ton more photos (142 to be exact) by clicking the “continue reading” link …<\/p>\n

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