Friday, August 28, 2009
Parties, Plays, and more Parties....Part One
Last Friday a two hour torrential downpour in the afternoon threatened to put a damper on the Benefactor's Circle dinner which is held outside the Berkshire Theatre Festival's Main Stage under the tent. During the afternoon there was a reading of Tim Acito's newest musical, "The Sungatherers: A comic tragedy" in the Main Stage theater during which thunder and lightening crashed around the theater and the power went out a couple of times. The weather didn't hamper our enjoyment of the reading, though, and it was a real treat to hear the wonderful music sung by such a wonderful cast.
Photo from Berkshire Theatre Festival newsletter
I saw a lot of old and new friends and got to sit with Hermine and Jan and Marie as well as one of my very favorites, Alexander. Rebecca and Tara also joined our table. The rain did seem to have kept some people at home and it looked like a river had flown through the center of the tent. But the food was delicious, the crowd festive, and The Countess has a great time as usual.
Even later that evening I went over to Michael's for a little karaoke singing. Here I am doing a little back up for Stephanie, a scenic designer at BTF this year....
Cartland was there with his many admirers....
Even Steve came over from Rumpy's to see what all the fuss was about (that's Jason and Keating in the booth with him)....
Frank and Jason sang a couple of songs together.....
and Liz looks so happy and beautiful in this picture.....
And so ends Friday! Now on to Saturday's play and parties!!
Countess Bedelia 8/28/2009 01:11:00 PM