On these tours, it is inevitable that the actors are going to want to find other ways to perform. Usually that means presenting a cabaret style performance somewhere and sometimes as a charity fund raiser. Last year they had a cabaret in Dallas and raised money for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS. This year the assistant musical director is all about having cabarets. In fact he had long ago decided where we would be having cabarets before doing any kind of research into possible performing spaces and other such details. Memphis was the first city chosen for a cabaret.
Our assistant company manager managed to find a place called Mollie Fontaine Lounge which seems to be a small restaurant/gay bar to hold the cabaret. Since it was right before Christmas management decided to also make it a Christmas party for the entire company. It would be the culmination of the Secret Santa gift exchange, and an excuse for free drinks!
It turned out the Mollie Fontaine was a cute converted house. It was beautifully decorated, and was a great place for a party.
Another entry in the "that picture" album.
Me and Monica (minus the dogs)
I am with Sarah in this picture. Sarah was the one cast member who moved over to Beauty and the Beast. Since she is one of the covers for Belle she decided to sing "Home" from Beauty for the cabaret. I played the flute part with her.
The Wizard of Oz Year 2 Reed Section!
In a moment of photographic inspiration, I told Dawn to stand in front of the lighted orange drapes. The picture turned out so well that several people wanted the picture in from of the orange drapes.
They wanted to me to be in a picture. Since it is just not a party until the legs go behind the head, that was my pose.
Oh and the cabaret? Well this was my view for it. The room with the piano was pretty small and we overwhelmed it. The decision was also made to make the cabaret a charity event for St. Jude's Hospital. Sadly we did not have many non-Wizard people come to the cabaret so the amount of money raised was not going to cure any diseases. In fact the people who just happened to be at Mollie Fontaine's did not know what was happening. Especially given the stream of people who left when the singing started! Oh well it was our party after all!
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