Last night I ushered Rain at The Old Globe. It's a new musical based on a 1921 book by Somerset Maughn. After the book it was made into a play and then 3 movie versions starring Hollywood icons Gloria Swanson, Rita Hayworth, and Joan Crawford. The music is complicated but beautiful and the set was amazing; a 3 story house that rotates and comes apart and rain falling on the stage.
Just ushered "The Metromaniacs." It's a translation and adaptation, a "translaptation," of a French comedy. It's a farce in verse, something like A Comedy of Errors. Even this older audience who chose to skip the Superbowl were laughing and having a great time and they all caught the Brittany Spears reference!
November 25th, Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I ushered The Grinch at the Old Globe for the first time. It was so much fun. I worked with a good guy who was ushering for the first time. He did great. He was really on top of getting booster seats for all the kids, always 2 steps ahead of me.
The show was great and the audience was a lot of fun. They even applauded the "turn off your cell phone" announcement done in a Dr. Seuss rhythm.
