Pippin

Marina loved circus acts and acrobatics. Because of this, I have wanted to take her to see the musical Pippin because it features a circus theme. So tonight we went to the preview performance at a theater we hadn't visited before.

The theater is a 45 minute drive from home, but with rush hour it took even longer. So we left early to make sure we made it on time. We hit lots of traffic and it took us quite a while to get there.
Fortunately, we had time for dinner. After we ate, we drove over to the theater. It turned out to be inside a historic building that used to be a church, It was small, but charming. Marina loved the circus-like set for the show.

The performance we attended was a preview show. There weren’t many people there. So at times when the actors tried to interact with the audience they often approached Marina. She loved that. The show was fun and Marina enjoyed it.

After it was over, the actors came out right away to speak with the director. One of the actors is a man I work with. So he came over to talk with us. We also met up with an actress who we have seen in a shows before. She went right up to Marina - she had recognized her during the show! We also got a chance to speak with the actor who played Pippin. He thought he recognized Marina too! The whole cast even gathered around Marina for a photo. It was so cool!

After the show we were ready to go home. We had a long drive but fortunately we didn’t have any delays along the way.