Jan. 28 2008 update

Tuesday Jan. 28,

This past weekend The Underpants opened. It did much better at the box office than I had anticipated. I was ready for cold weather and an unknown show title to keep away many of our regular theatre goers. It was a delightful surprise to see the show had sold out for Saturday evening. Steve Martin has a bigger fan base than we anticipated. The cast and crew are doing a great job.

Last night was the Charity League follies first rehearsal. This years show is HAVE A NICE DAY The 70's Flashback musical. Originally written for 5 people our cast will be closer to 60 people. We have split out lots of the songs and will be doing some big chorus dance numbers during the course of the show. It is always a daunting task to undertake a show like the Follies. It has such a community history. I hope that I can keep that spirit alive. I try to cast as many non Market House Theatre people as possible.

Leann Stilley is the Follies Chair this year and she has been working for about 6 months on this project already. In addition Leann has a beautiful voice and she will be singing some of the solos in the show. The performance will be March 29 at Paducah Tilghman Auditorium.

Crowns is in rehearsal and keeps making great progress. The cast along with Mary Jane Bowles as Director and Doug Arnold as Musical Director are turning out a great show. Harriet the Spy is also in rehearsal. Harriet is in the early blocking phases.

Tomorrow is the January Board meeting and lots of exciting things will be up for discusssion. Including a vote on some of the shows selected for our 45 Season which begins next July. Look for a special Preview night in March to announce our next season.

Alexis if off in Chicago attending the National Intix Conference for box office professionals. She gets back in Saturday and will be working the Sunday Show of the Underpants.

We are currently looking for crew people for Harriet the Spy. Contact Marsha Cash if you are interested at 270-444-6828 ext. 111.