Sunday, June 10, 1973

Memories of "The Boyfriend"

 

This Little Theatre of Northern Wells production took place in the early summer between my sophomore and junior years of high school. And yet, I was cast in the title role! And yet, I don't think it was a huge part...the program says my character only sang one song (which I don't even remember doing).

This should be a short post because I have very few memories of this show at all. And yet, the ones I have are very specific:

  • Following a performance, an audience member who ran a dance studio said she thought I could benefit from her instruction...and made it sound like a compliment.
  • The director, Larry Life, had me change my pronunciation of "fallacies" from my incorrect "fal-uh-sez" to "fal-uh-seez", saying that my way sounded like "phalluses," a word which, at the time, I did not know the definition of.
  • In one of the very few stage kisses I've ever needed to perform, my character kind of surprised the object of his affection and, as I took her in my arms and leaned over her, she appropriately reacted with an open-mouthed gasp. When I told fellow cast member, Doug Hunnicutt, that the actress, Vickie Fuller, maintained said mouth posture throughout the kiss, he told me I should "slip her some tongue."

All of that, and I'm not in any extant photos of the show...




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