Say Goodnight Gracie
You guessed it. Last night was theater night. The show was "Say Goodnight Gracie", and it was about the life of George Burns and his wife Gracie Allen. The premise of the show is that George Burns is in limbo, and he is being interviewed by God to see if he would make it into heaven or hell. It was a one man show and "George" talked about his life from beginning to end. There were a lot of funny parts, but also a few sad parts. At one point I thought, 'if I were the emotional type, maybe I would be crying right now.' But, I didn't cry. I also thought to look over at Ed, but then I thought I might crack up laughing if he was crying, so I focused on the actor. (I'm the worst!)
George Burns lived to be 100 years old. His bday is in January and he died in March. He started smoking cigars when he was 14 because he thought that people would think he had a lot of experience in the theater. He also said he would go into interviews with makeup on his clothes to act like he was just getting off stage from another show. I guess it worked. One thing that he said that I really took home was that during every interview he ever went on, he always said sometime before the end, 'thank you for the opportunity.' I thought that was a good lesson to take home. George went from being on stage, to radio, to television and movies. He was an all around great actor, it seemed, and his wife and sidekick Gracie was just as special. In the old clips she was really funny. She was always a ditzy, silly type of girl.
Ed said that he thought this was his favorite show that we've seen so far. I thought this one was really good, but I liked 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' the best so far. I can't wait until it's time to go see "Oklahoma!" That should be a really good too.
Oh yeah, the bartender guy and girl recognize me and Ed every time we go. They always say 'Hey, how are you?' I think that's nice. I also noticed that I drink beer really fast at the theater. I'm not sure why, though. Ok. Hit the shows, people. You aren't getting any younger.
posted by peachy @ 12:24 PM
3 Comments:
i love oklahoma! hehe.
i love musicals... is that so wrong???
When he passed away I saw a tribute to him on Larry King Live. Apparently after Gracie's death he was never the same. He had a love for her that was just beautiful. Even though he did well in his career after she passed it must have been hard for him. I should go see that.
I'm not a big theater fan, but Michael is. We should definitely go more often. What did you guys get? Like a season pass or something? I must have missed that post? Are you big into the arts?
All shows are great. There's nothing to worry about. At least not in my corner.
Nina, back in November, Ed and I decided to get season tickets. I think there are 8 shows to the season. Plus, we've gone to a couple extra shows that they send information about. Go to www.broadwayacrossamerica.com and see if there is a theatre near you. It's well worth the price, and you become more cultured too. A lot of these shows I had never even heard of, and now I'm seeing them live, right down the street. Can't beat spending money in your home city. I wasn't big into arts before, but now I love theater days. :)
Oh yeah, true about George never being the same. The actor (Frank Gorshin) showed such a love for Gracie. That part was sad when he was explaining her death.
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