We are both up this morning, drinking coffee and Herb is reading. We were in bed by 9pm last night, slept soundly, then awoke at 5am.
Yesterday we had a small breakfast of oatmeal and oranges, saving room for dinner at about 1pm. We got to the Arizona Broadway Theatre early and sat watching people and reminiscing about shows we have seen in the past and looking at the new shows coming up. The ABT opened six years ago and we attended one of the first performance there. It is a lovely and spacious venue. Every year I start looking at their website, to see what will be showing while we are here. This year we came a day early just to catch the last performance of "MyFair Lady". Luckily for us, they had extended this performance by three weeks.
Dinner before the show is prepared on site with a chef and his crew. Herb had the roast pork and I the beef roast. We always order a bottle of wine "Duck Pond Merlot" to sip with our dinner. After dinner, orders are taken for dessert to be served at intermission. We split the Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake. OOOOH my goodness, they about had to roll us out of the place!!!
Now on to the show. "My Fair Lady" is my all time favorite musical, first seeing it at the University of Utah, in the late 1960's. The story of a common flower peddler, Eliza Dolittle, lifted from the gutter by Professor Henry Higgins, who turned her into a lady, in six short months. The music and costuming is incredible, as well at the singing and dancing. Songs such as "I Could Have Danced All Night", "With a Little Bit of Luck", "On The Street Where You Live", "I'm Getting Married in The Morning", "Isn't She Lovely" and "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face".
To make a long story short, Henry takes Eliza, from her life as a flower peddler, with a cockney accent, no manners, and in six short months, turns her into a proper lady. But he still treats her as a common flower peddler, not realizing until he has driven her away, that he is in love with her. After many "tantrums" by both Eliza and Henry the story comes to a close, with the tradition ending of living happily ever after.
What a wonderful way to spend our first rainy afternoon in Arizona, attending a five hour extravaganza. We stopped on our way back to the condo, picked up a few groceries, caught up on email, scrabble games and crashed by 9pm.
We will go to Costco this morning to do the rest of our grocery shopping and decide what to feed Mona and Jerry, as they are coming to have dinner with us tomorrow, before they leave to start their journey back to Salt lake City.
Stay tuned, OWAV:)
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