Well...this could be kinda interesting.
My “Summer of History” (which is how I've
just this moment branded my 2019 summer) continues tonight when I do
yet another history show, this time in a venue in which I've never
performed. Tonight, Jack & I do an encore performance of “What's
Up, Dock”, the ultra-successful show we did at Kaufman Auditorium
back in January, but this time we actually do it in Marquette's
Lower Harbor; specifically, at the Lake Superior Theater.
In way, the show's returning home.
After all, it started as a walking tour I gave throughout the Lower
Harbor area. So it's only fitting, right?
We're doing the show for a couple of
reasons. One is that the Theater asked, because some of the people
who run the place enjoyed the show when we did it in January. The
second might be them more important reason; there are an awful lot of
people who aren't in Marquette in January (although I can't imagine
why, he says sarcastically), and many of those who fled for a month
or three didn't get the chance to see it the first time we put it on.
So tonight, I guess, is for them.
I know I should be slightly ashamed of
saying this, but I've actually never even set foot inside the
theater. I know; it's bad, isn't it? It's been a summer cultural
touchstone of Marquette for almost two decades, and I've never once
attended a play, a concert, or even a history program there. So if
you wanna revoke my city residency, I totally understand.
Totally.
It's funny, too; I know SO many people
who've performed there that you'd think I would've visited it at
least once, but nope. And I don't know why. I attend a LOT of
things around the city, so why I haven't even visited the Theater is
beyond me. The only guess I can make is that all the performances
are in the middle of summer, and I'm usually out enjoying the weather
or giving tours myself. I mean, I realize that's a lame excuse and
it doesn't account for the fact that there are usually sixty
performances at the theater each summer and I sure don't give sixty
tours.
But that's just the way it is.
Of course, that's neither here nor
there. I WILL actually visit the place when we do “Dock”
tonight. It gets underway at 730, and I'm sure tickets are still
available. So if you don't have anything else to do and/or want to
pay a visit to the Theater yourself, check it out.
Details on how it went tomorrow.
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