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From: Bryant Christenson
Subject: Hooray for Hoolywood..and Milwaukee
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Dear Listers:
Thank you for your response to my inquiries about a trip to
Milwaukee. What a fine city, and very alive with the arts.

I was fortunate to pick out a performance of Hooray For Hollywood ( a
musical revue of movie musicals from the Jazz Singer up to the Lion
King) at the Broadway Baby Dinner Theater and found out our list's
Jeremiah Shaw is the Production Stage Manager but found it out after
I went as he did not tip me off to what was up at his theater. If you
are close to Milwaukee, do take the chance and go. It is cheap, $30,
and that includes a wonderful meal (at a dinner theater??) of prime
rib or 4 other entrees plus the revue on a Friday or Saturday night.
This is the small, community, semiprofessional and professional
endeavor that you should take note of. Supported by ticket sales and
donations and on a real shoe string. if I am not mistaken the follow
spot was made from a large can and a bulb. But, it worked as well as
the one we have in our theater!

This vocal abilities of almost all the cast are amazingly well suited
to this type of show. You will be surprised when they move into four
part arrangements. You will kill for their accompanist. And, the show
was written by a cast member. I have seen worse, and eaten much
worse, in a larger theater and on a more professional level. And,
never have I seen Dueling Striesands before.

Sometimes I forget how hard and how wonderful the productions can be
that are not associated with an established, full-time professional
theater. More and more, even in Minneapolis, Minnesota, I go to the
smaller. less commercial stages for a fine night at a realistic price.

Enough for now. if you get a chance...go.

Respectfully,
Bryant Christenson
Isle, MN.

PS. Now let's here what I am getting into when I travel to Palm
Springs in February. Anything to see out there as far as a live
performance?
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