on the way to the theater

    Judging by the extreme exhaustion I am now facing, this will be a short post.  

    Something happened to make me smile on the way to the stage door today. It was early, nearly 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and we were called in for a rehearsal. Anyway, I was walking on Baltimore Street in well, Baltimore, and passed by a tall man dressed in a business suit.  

    He stopped in his tracks, pointed at me, and said, You were very good--in the show--you were in the show, right? Halfway through the part-statement-part-question, he went from pointing to me to pointing to the Hippodrome theater.  

      Smiling right back at him, I got in the word yes before he spread his arms wide, planted his legs in what looked to be a super-hero stance and did his best impression of Kristine as he sang a wobbly and grating, Sing!

      And it was over just like that.  He quickly walked away, and my face brightened all the way to the stage door.  I might have even laughed out loud. But I can certainly say with confidence that that man sure did brighten my day.  

       So yay for Baltimore men in business suits pretending to be Kristine in the middle of the afternoon!