Putting on a Show!

 Putting on a Show!

When our kids were little they took great pleasure in creating “shows.” They would plan it out (I think) and then, with their cast of characters which included Lamby, Dumbo and many others of the stuffed variety, they would play and we would watch.

One of the most memorable included a turtle attached to a piece of yarn being pulled up a “wall.” The song that accompanied this act was called, appropriately, “Turtle up the wall.”

After seeing their first opera the language of “opererish” was incorporated into the show. Almost 20 years later this still makes me smile.

We encouraged this creative play and I always watched those shows and the many that followed both at home and, later, at school. Trips to see one in A Capela and the other performing Gilbert and Sullivan.

All of these performances have led to tonight and tomorrow night when Natan makes his NYC directorial debut tonight with a concert production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe. As a mother I could not be prouder!

Batya and I will be in the audience tomorrow, Saturday, February 11. Come join us!

Tickets can be purchased here: Iolanthe Tickets