Lounging Around --A Theatah Review

Last night was opening night for Broom Street Theater's new production, Lounging Around, an original play by Siobhan Edge. For you readers in foreign parts (i.e. not from Madison,) for the past 40+ years, BST has been delighting, shocking, offending, and entertaining theater-goers with original works. Lounging Around is a comedy woven around the conversations of a diverse group of travelers stuck in an airport lounge when their flight is delayed due to heavy fog.

My younger daughter -- the daughter formerly known as "Sparkly Seacow" -- made her Broom Street debut, with 3 roles in this play: an elderly woman (82 years old, Dearie!), a Valley Girl with a cell phone, and a bratty little girl. Thumbs up for all of them! I may be a little biased, but I think she did a fantastic job and I'm very proud of her.

Photos by N-dig0 (tb3), used with permission

Thumbs up for the entire production! The dialogue was witty, the action was fast-paced, and the acting was good.

If you live in the Madison area, make this stage mama happy and go see Lounging Around!

Blasphemy!

Photo by Joseph Blough from the Mercury Players Theater website

The musical, that is. If you read this and live in the Madison area (Jess? Poodle Doc? Sminthia? Anonymous Beth? All and sundry lurkers -- you know and I know who you are ...) you absolutely must hie yourselves to the Bartell Theater and see Blasphemy, playing Thursday-Sunday, now through the end of January. Catherine Capellaro and Andrew Rohn, the creative geniuses behind Temp Slave and Walmartopia, bring you "an unholy trinity of musical comedies." We begin with The Rapture, move on to Purgatory, and then, finally, Paradise. In between each of the main acts we get two Intermezzos that explore Creationism and Scientific Theory, and feature the most creative use of an overhead projector that I've ever seen. I laughed and I laughed some more. This is a must-see.