Into the Woods

After careful planning, we managed to get both Doug and Luciana as well as Archie and Jessica to join us for this year's Zilker Summer Musical. Conveniently enough, Meredith L. was still in town, so she got to see what a real theater production looks like, as opposed to the dilettante stuff she sees in her neck of the woods.

We got to Zilker early and Jennifer found us a great spot to lay our blankets down. We killed the next couple of hours with hanging out by (or in my and Homer's case, in) Barton Creek. The water was great and Homer got nicely tired before the show. Doug and Luciana brought a bucket of fried chicken and we had lots of fruit and cookies to go with that and soon enough the show started. But not before they reminded us that the performance was smoke and pet free. We told Homer to hunker down so we wouldn't get kicked out (or rather, he wouldn't be banished to the car).

Once again, Zilker did not disappoint. I have actually seen Into the Woods at Zilker before and it is one of my favorite musicals. This year's cast was superb, the stage choreographed well, and the new lighting and sound a joy to behold. If you haven't gone yet, there are three performances left, this Thu, Fri and Sat at 8pm. It's free but make sure to get there early to claim a good spot. I think you can lay out blankets starting 5pm.

Homer was quiet as a mouse and sleeping through most of the show. However, at one point the witch appears behind the audience and quite loudly, too. Homer got startled and let out a blood curling loud bark that made everyone around us jump. I clamped down on him and he was fine. We didn't get kicked out and he soon went to sleep again. And actually, it was timed perfectly to fit the play.