How Was My Weekend? This One Picture Says It All...

I'm home and my head is buzzing. My feet are sore, my eyes are tired, and my ears keep expecting to hear the low rumble of thousands and thousands of people under one roof. It's an overall feeling I've experienced may times since 2013. It's the sheer exhaustion you feel after a major comics convention has ended.

A common question I've been asked while at the con, and one I often times ask my fellow convention attendees is this, "How's your con going?"

Mine can be summed up in one picture. It's the one posted above. It's a picture showing what a portion of the convention floor looked like around 3:15 this afternoon. It's a picture of success.

On the left side of the picture is a stage. It's small and looks even smaller surrounded by patrons. On that stage are three individuals, two contestants and one M.C. It's FanX's first ever Cosplay Lip Sync Battle Finals. And they were worth the wait.

I was worried about this one--so was the person in charge. We had two preliminary rounds Thursday and Friday, but today was the big one, the whole enchilada.

And it was brilliant.

We thought our fans might get into the spirit of what we were doing, and when a Freddie Mercury look-alike donned the stage and lip synced the entire Bohemian Rhapsody song, the crowd sang along with him. It was amazing and I loved helping in a small way bringing this experience to our guests. Thanks Howie and your team for all the hard work, thanks to Liz for everything, and thanks Blake for letting us prepare a line-up that worked so well. 

All I can say at this point is I'm beat, but just wait until next year--we're going to blow your socks off!

Centerpoint Legacy Theatre's "The Addams Family"...Loved it!

Tonight my son, daughter, and I attended a performance of Centerpoint Legacy Theatre's latest production, The Addams Family.

I didn't know what to expect--I've never heard the music and I don't know the story. I have some knowledge of musical theater, but there's so many shows I don't know. Before I was cast in Shrek, I had never heard even one song from the show. But there's something special about seeing a show for the first time--sort of like reading a book about which you know nothing before you pick it up.

And like a book that is pleasantly surprising, this show did the same thing to me.

I loved it!

CPT double casts their shows. Of the two casts I knew more people in this cast than the other. Knowing people in a show is sort of like knowing an author when you read their book. If you're unfamiliar with the show, it's the story of what happens when Wednesday Addams falls in love and wants to marry Lucas, a boy from a "normal" family from Ohio (a swing state...).

Yes, it's got that My Big Fat Greek Wedding vibe, but I didn't mind. What I loved about this particular production was the strength of the principles--their voices and acting skills were amazing! The ensemble backed them up wonderfully--so much personality came through in their characters as well.

 And the sets were fantastic! The show's director happened to be there tonight and during intermission, I was able to speak with him briefly. I've not worked with this director, but the sets in the shows I've seen him do have always been so impressive. Other things are impressive of his shows, too, but his shows always look top-notch.

The show runs until October 29th. If you're in the area and thinking of seeing great talent telling a fun story, check out CPT's The Addams Family. I'm glad I did. You won't be disappointed.