In an attempt to broaden the boys' horizons we took them to their first musical. At Christmas. What better time, right? Now I've seen the claymation version of Rudolf The Red Nose Reindeer every year since I was the boys' age. It's a classic! But would it be able to stand the change to live performance?
You bet it can!
This mixture of live performance and puppets was word for word, accent for accent, movement by movement exactly like the TV special. It was so good. The puppeteers, while visible, were not obvious, and the young troupe were enthusiastic and professional.
I don't think anyone in the family-oriented audience (our kids may have been some of the oldest) didn't have a wonderful time. We have the show DVR'd at home, and I think it will be more fun to watch it again after seeing this performance.
Back to that attempt to expand our boys' interests outside of sports, their responses are summed up in the following expansive conversation:
Mom & Dad: Wow! That was fantastic! What did you guys think of the show?
Boys: Good
Mom & Dad: Well do you think you'd like to do some sort of performance as an activity after school?
Boys: No Thanks.
At least they were polite.
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