We closed Flap at Williamston Theatre this afternoon – it was a packed house, which was very exciting! Flap did very well for us, I’m pleased to say. We got a ton of good feedback on it, and it had great word of mouth. It was our biggest seller to date, despite having two weeks less of a run! Lots of folks to thank for that, including the writer, director, cast, crew, the designers and volunteers and donors who helped to make it happen.

Up next – Guys On Ice, the ridiculously fun ice-fishing-musical!

In other news, once I got home we had a relaxing couple of hours with the kids, topped off by a spur-of-the-moment trip into town for a little ice-cream! (Holy mackerel – “Old English Classic” is an ice-cream I’d never had: It tasted just like apple pie a-la-mode! YUM!)

I’ve been lucky enough to see some very fun theatre over the past few days. Today I watched the closing of Flap, and earlier in the week I got to see a very silly production of a new play called Sea Of Fools at the Purple Rose Theatre Company (fun to watch lots of friends in the show having a great time), and a fun outdoor production of Barefoot in the Park at Waterworks theatre in the park. It was really great to sit outside, beautiful evening, in a nice wooded park, and hang out with 140 other people watching some nice theatre! And I also got the chance to see a fantastic production of Dirty Blonde at Performance Network, which just rocked up one side and down the other. If Jim Posante doesn’t get some award nominations from his direction of that, then someone’s not paying attention!

Word from New York City is that the production of The Mystery Of Irma Vep that I directed may be moving to Off-Broadway in the Fall. That, depending on scheduling and a few other details, has potential to be an exciting directing opportunity for me! Still a bit too much in the “Sounds great, but can all the details that have to fall into place really do that?” stage for me to worry about right now, though!

They opened an Apple store in Ann Arbor, just about 20 minutes away from me. I’m a big Mac user, and would like to now win the lotto so I can just go into the store and fill my cart.

And I’m also happy to report that the Tigers, despite having been mired in a miserable slump the last few weeks, are back in first place of the division! They’re only ahead of Cleveland by 1/2 game, though, and the next month is going to be a tight, tight race to get into the playoffs! It’s such a great, wonderful thing to be in August and talking about baseball with some actual, serious stakes for my favorite team! 🙂