IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Debra and I spent a wonderful evening eating a wonderful meal and watching a wonderful play at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre last night. 

 

After having seen the Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed classic a zillion times on TV, the live radio play version was true to the script. 

 

Not only were we refreshed in our memory of the movie, but we learned some of the old-fashioned radio performance techniques from a previous era (creative sound effects and multiple characters performed by one person using different voices).

 

The cast.

The view from our front row balcony table looking over the rail to the stage below.

The view looking at the stage and the front row seats beside the stage.  Debra and I used to routinely get front row seats, but sometimes when the actors sing, little droplets of musical saliva can be seen glistening under the the stage lights, dancing through the air, and ultimately finding a resting place on audience members occupying the front row tables.  So, we now opt for balcony seating.

Debra, me, the stage, and the back of the head of some guy dining in the front row (seen below through the opening in the railing).

From the stage looking toward the front row balcony, Debra can see the stage, I can see Debra, and you can see the back of the head of some lady above and behind me while she dines on her meal before the play begins.