Monosyllabic Pedantry

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Charlie Brown in 3D

Last night, we went to see A Charlie Brown Christmas. It was put on by a local theatre company, The LionHeart Theatre. Of course, the whole cast was made up of kids. I think the oldest was 12. Snoopy was played by a little girl. There were two Woodstocks. I'm guessing there was no where else to put one of the girls, so they just had two.
It was great. When all the kids did the opening song, it sounded exactly like the tv version.
There was no curtain, so they just dimmed the lights for scene changes.
The kids did their homework. When they all had to dance on the stage at once, they each did it in the different, goofy manner that the cartoon character had danced.
Linus was played by an indian kid. As I recall, there was a point in the cartoon where Lucy chides him for carrying his blanket on stage. Linus whips the blanket around his head into a turban. They skipped that part for the live version.
We were seated next to Snoopy's mom. She told us that the parents were not allowed to see the rehearsals, so this was the first she'd seen it too.
Mrs Schwartz cried from the cuteness, and gushed all over Snoopy's mom.
Afterwards, we were all invited backstage for cookies and punch, but Mrs S was convinced she would embarrass herself, so we declined. We went for a walk instead.
Historic Norcross had their Christmas tree lighting last night too. The christmas tree is a big, old Magnolia tree. We went over to it and discovered that there was a little opening, that led to a sheltered little room underneath, perfect for smooching.

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