I'm a theater geek.

I am in love with theater.

        Now I have done other posts on theater and some of why I like it so much. But today, I'm going to try and solidify and pinpoint WHY I am enamored with such a time-consuming art.

1. Drama=Theater.  Drama=Cailin. Theater=? I am a dramatic person. I am all about flourishing and twirling and singing. And theater, on most occasions, is a lot of flourishing and twirling and singing.

2. Fruits are seen. In theater when I have to build something or do a scene, I have the satisfaction of finishing and or improving. It's not as long term, as some things are. 

3. Theater is familial. I went to see 'Into the Woods' a musical done by the esteemed actors at my high school and I was very impressed. The best part was I knew almost EVERYBODY in the cast and when the show was over, I hugged every one of them and told them what a good job they did. And when you're in a show, the cast you work with becomes very much a family. And me, being a very warm fuzzy-feely kind of person, is easily drawn to this.

    SO there you have it!

Over and out.
Love,
Cailin

P.S.
The pic of Cinderella is Jeremy McDaniels' so, no harm towards you sir.

The Idealist's Nightmare

 An idealist. Idealist-(noun) a person who is guided more by ideals than by practical considerations. And let me make it clear that I am an idealist, in love with the idea of love, of the perfect Disney happily ever after endings and that is part of the reason why I love musicals. They wrap everything up so nicely. But one musical just messes with that, so much. And that bothers me, so much. Folks, let me introduce you to:

   People die, people cheat on each other, people lie. And they sing about it. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad musical, and when it comes out at Aves Theatre, you better be there, but.... It doesn't have that warm happy feeling inside. It has more of a gritty this is how the world works but it's true smooshed inside fairytales. And I think that would be how, if life was a musical, it would be.