Out with ACT: 1776

Wow. This was written in the 60s, and revived in 2012, and it still every bit as relevant today: Congress is a bunch of fucktards who can't get along and the private, corporate interests will always sway the compromise from liberty and American ideals. ACT's 1776 is well done, if a bit like an overly long civics lesson. And whether it is true or not it appeared to be by far the largest cast I've seen on the ACT stage. And a well-assembled cast of talent it is. It is not so much a "musical" as a "drama with some songs in it." History buffs and general citizens alike will enjoy it, but the history-types will appreciate it a bit more. Unfortunately my take away is that Pennsylvania is a colossal dick and South Carolina will obstruct anything to get its way, which in this case was slavery of the African people. Soooo...not much has changed.

Fine acting all around. And a super sexy Thomas Jefferson to boot. Good writers are always sexy, Brandon Dahlquist just fleshed it out. So to speak.








Kevin and I were our usual ACT Fabulous.

Thanks as always to Randy.

And poor, poor Tom...

Kevin and I started theater night with drinks at the Burritt Room and pulled Amy, the Oracle attendee, single-mother-of-three from rural Pennsylvania into our madcap trolly and she was happy to jump on board. I love meeting fun people temporarily on their own, andI think we gave her a San Franciscan experience.

And a new title.


Meet Amy. Or QUOTA.

Because she is the Queen of the Amish.

We bookended the night with the two extremes of tourists: the cool and the clueless. No matter how messy we may have been on the way home, we were still better off that this person, who drove her car down the closed part of Powell Street and into the cable car turnaround.


And finally a shout out to Mr. Brown: a never more delightful case of mistaken identity.