Well, Opening Night for Rounding Third seemed to go very well. Tons of laughs, and some nice gasps and silences when they were called for! A lot of really nice comments afterwards.
For fun, I took a picture of the audience during my pre-show speech. Here’s what some folks looked like (with a little glare from the lights!)
A couple of reviewers were there, and a couple more will be at tonight’s show. Not that I’m worried about the reviews, because we have no control over those, but the publicity in the paper is always helpful, and it doesn’t cost us an arm and a leg for the ad! I’m always more worried about what the audiences will think, and so far they’ve liked it a lot.
So, there it is – another opening. I’m really happy with the show, as Director, and as Artistic Director of the company I’m happy with the product – it’s funny, poignant and relatable, and hopefully it’ll sell!
Tony Caselli 
They look like Midwesterners all right!! 🙂 I miss Midwesterners. I wish I could see ALL of your shows. *pout* But you reminded me of Alton Brown– he took lots of pictures of the audience. It is big fun.
Thanks, Mary! I wish you could see the shows, too! I think I may make a tradition out of taking pics of the Opening Night audiences – They’ll be fun to have! I basically held out my cell phone during the Curtain Speech and said “If you have one of these, now is the time to turn it off! I’m going to use mine to take a picture of all of you!”, and they laughed and I took it. I kinda like the effect from the stage lights!
Alton Brown? AB ROCKS!!!
Congratulations on your Opening!! 🙂 I really wish I could see the show. Previews are going well for us and we’re gearing up for the Gala and Opening ourselves!
Glad to hear it’s going well! Give the cast my best.