Saw South Pacific at the Richmond Landmark Theater tonight. I’d forgotten how much I love watching plays, particularly musicals. I subscribed after learning that Wicked was going to be here (went with my niece and with a friend, as I’m a bit obsessed with the play now). So now I have The Lion King in a couple of months as well. And my niece and I are thinking of a Broadway weekend as her graduation gift. It’s really a gift to me, too, because I can’t think of a better way to spend a weekend than to see three Broadway plays. Wicked, of course, is on the list. Not sure about the other two. But if we can pull it off, it’s going to be wonderful.
The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
There’s nothing like a bit of musical theatre. It’s an underappreciated art form these days, but classics like South Pacific and My Fair Lady still provide memorable, literate entertainment.