We just saw the touring production of Beetlejuice last night. Pretty good show, although I really didn't hear any standout song, etc. in it's score. Everybody was great in their parts, but sometimes, the dialogue was going so fast, that key jokes and plot stuff were missed by us. Probably an age thing, heh.
Anyway, the actual Best Part of the evening for me, was this patron who passed by me, looked back, and saw my t-shirt from a touring production of Come From Away, which has been here a couple of times. His eyes lit up, and his first remark to me was "have you seen the show?" I told him I had actually seen all the tours (2-3?) that had come thru town. And the t-shirt was from the second tour, here.
He then gushed and went on to tell me he was a real Super Fan of the show, had seen it in New York several times during it's fun, actually went to Gander Nfld. where the story actually took place, for the company`s special showing to the residents of Gander, with thanks for their kindness, back on 9/11. That must have been awesome to see and feel.
The topper to all this, was he has seen the show 36 times! Total shock for me. My big numbers were: 16 times to the first touring production of A Chorus Line. It ran for a full month here, which is very unusual for any touring show during the late `70s, (TRIVIA: In the cast was future "Frasier"'s x-wife Lillith, Bebe Neuwirth! She sang the "I could never really sing" number. And local performing Canadian legend Jeff Hyslop, singing "I can do that,") and 19 times seeing the film of CHICAGO. And...... that's it for myself.
It was a really nice way to remember the evening and the show.
And the next touring show for us is TINA: The Tina Turner Musical. Near the end of March. Very much looking forward to it!