Attempt at Broadway

I try to expose my kids to culture. After living in big cities that offer huge shows, museums, and art...I never fail to jump at the opportunity to take the family to a show. I excitedly call Chuck at work, "GUESS WHO IS COMING IN CONCERT!!" He can only gues someone huge...to him this would be Van Halen. No--the Wiggles!, or Bob the Builder, or Monsters on ice, or Dora, or the circus...the list goes on. He is never excited, but always willing. This alone makes him the ideal husband.

So when I get my Ticketmaster email, I was so excited about the opportunity to see Beauty and the Beast. They were having children's night at the Orpheum in Memphis. There is not a more perfect way to expose young children to the arts than take then to CHILDRENS night (a little more forgiving) at a Broadway show. New York here we come!--sorta. We got 3rd row tickets.

So everyone got all slicked up with moussed hair, christmas outfits, and "fancy manners." We drove (like a bat out of ----) the two hours to Memphis. Our plan to eat at a nice restaurant downtown ended up at the West Memphis Cracker Barrel (I am NOT digging on the CB...we were just overdressed.) By the way, the boys' manners were superb at the "fancy" restaurant that we had talked about.

I did not read the information closely. The BROADWAY musical was really the BIRMINGHAM CHILDRENS THEATER. When the curtain opened, we experienced a very obscure rendition of the book...if you REALLY used your imagination you could tell who the characters were. It lasted all of 35 minutes.

We had a nice desert downtown and then headed home. The boys LOVED the show and were perfect for every brief moment of it. Do you know what their favorite part was?? Chicken Poppers at a Sonic on the drive home.