more shows, more details

birdwatching has been updated again.

Most imminent is He Sang/She Sang, a fundraiser for Elyria Summer Theatre which stars my friends Mike Caraffi and Kim Mihalik.

This is a chance for Kim to perform some of those favorite showtunes that only guys ever get to sing -- "Luck Be a Lady," "Being Alive," "Ya Got Trouble" -- and for Mike to belt out a few women's numbers as well -- "When You're Good to Mama," "Popular," "I Feel Pretty." Combine that with several duets from Wicked, Phantom, and Songs for a New World, the occasional quip and background vocal from yours truly, and we've got a fun hour lined up for ya.

This will be Friday, April 25 at Jim's Coffeehouse in Elyria (corner of Broad St and Lake Ave -- park at the Riverwalk if necessary). Doors open at 7:30 p.m., show starts at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $10, available at Jim's or by calling Sheila at 440-366-1131. If that's too short notice for you, we'll be doing it again Saturday, May 17.

Speaking of May 17 fundraisers, I'll invite you again this year to my church's Relay For Life Chicken BBQ:



I'll be posting more about Relay For Life later, once I have my sponsor page set up.

Now then, back to musical theatre: Mike and Kim are also producing another ESTA fundraiser, in the form of a musical revue called The Bad Girls of Broadway. The ingenue may get the squealy high soprano line, but it's the naughty girls who stop the show! This revue celebrates those women and the men who love them.

For this one, Mike will be music directing but I'll be pianist for the two performances, Friday and Saturday June 13 and 14.

And a quickie: I'll be filling in for just one performance of The King and I in Euclid on Sunday, May 11 (Mother's Day).


Notice a trend? These are all short, quick gigs and not full-length commitments... (hiatus?)

Those will come later in the year. It's likely I will be playing for Magnificat High School's musical again this November, and sometime this fall I might be playing for a production of The Last Five Years if the theater decides to do it.


In other news, Cedar Point opens in less than 25 days! Stu, Laurie and I are planning to get our season passes this weekend. May 10 can't come fast enough.