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My son and I went to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Civic Theater on the last day of it's run. We showed up a couple minutes before show time figuring we could get tickets then. Guess what? Sold out. How about standing room? Sold out. We really wanted to see this play. My son's friend Dan was in the play and we knew he spent many hours in play practice.
We ran into Dan's mom who was at the theater helping out with makeup. She encouraged us to listen to the play from the hallway. So we sat in comfortable chairs listening while trying to stay out of the way of stampeding actors running between scene changes. It was better that nothing, we could hear everything through speakers, but not seeing anything was like listening to the radio - we had to use our imagination!
Shortly, Dan's mom told us we should go back up and ask again if there were any seats and sure enough the nice gal at the box office found us a couple nice ones in the back. We were only charged half price but the best part is we got to see a very good play. I found it unusual and interesting that everything, including naration, was done in song. Some of the songs and dances were very high energy and several were also amusing, especially when the king, Pharaoh, came out looking, singing and dancing like the king, Elvis.
The play, co-produced by Ascension Lutheran, took a familiar Bible story and made it entertaining. It was a perfect was to spend a Sunday afternoon and it left us with a good feeling inside. We were glad we were able to see the play and glad to see ol' Dan didn't mess up.
