This is from the video that Dustin Butler shot during the dress rehearsal of BLT’s production of Titanic at Cedar Bayou Junior School on Thursday, July 26th. The song is “Remarkable Age” and I’m the gray-haired guy who starts the song.
There are still two weekends left in the run of the show. Come out and see it! If you’ve already been, then invite your friends, and/or come back and see it again. We need your support.
(There’s a slightly higher quality version of this video on Facebook, but you need a Facebook account to see it. You might also need to be my friend, though I’m not sure about that).
Baytown Little Theater’s production of Titanic, the Musical is about to open. We’re still feverishly working to complete sets, props, costumes, etc, but we will open as scheduled on Friday, July 27th. Because of the accident at the theater, we’ve had to change venues. We’ll be at Cedar Bayou Junior School in Baytown. That means that, instead of our normal 135 seat arena, we’ve got about 400 seats to fill for each performance. I’d like to see as many of those seats filled as possible! Not only because it means more money for the theater, so we can get started on our rebuilding, but also because a full house makes for a better show, by energizing the actors on stage.
So get your tickets now! You can call the box office at 281-424-7617. Leave a message with your name, number, and date(s) and number of tickets you want.
Normally, “bringing the house down” is a good thing when you’re a theater. Not today. At approximately 11:30 this morning, a car drove through the east wall of the Baytown Little Theater building! Here’s a cell-phone video of the car being towed out of the building.
As I understand it, the woman driving the car had some sort of medical condition (seizure, diabetic reaction, or something to that effect). She ran a red light, drove across a field, missing several trees, taking a divot out of the parking lot, and striking square into the building.
We were in rehearsal for Titanic, and today is Friday the 13th. Guess we were doomed from the start. Fortunately, nobody was in the theater at the time. Jason, the director, was supposed to be there, but he was delayed, fortunately. All I could think about was what would have happened if this had taken place during a performance. The east side of the arena was completely destroyed, and I don’t think the west side is much better. If there had been people in those seats, I don’t see how they could have survived. As it is, the only person hurt was the driver (I have no idea what her status is).
We’re looking for a new venue for the show. I suspect something will come along. Of more concern are the sets. A lot of money, time and effort was spent getting them together, and the show is already over budget. I don’t know how we’re going to replace them.
These guys sell the blenders they use to destroy things in these videos. I actually think it’s a great marketing gimmick. How else are they going to get you to lay out $400.00 for a blender …
Guess I’m becoming the video guy. Found this today on Glumbert.com and thought it was very funny. Of course, I tend to like this sort of British humor …
(and I did have to modify the WordPress plugin I use for adding videos to support Glumbert, so at least I can say there’s something personal about this post. )
is about to open. We’re still feverishly working to complete sets, props, costumes, etc, but we will open as scheduled on Friday, July 27th. Because of the accident at the theater, we’ve had to change venues. We’ll be at Cedar Bayou Junior School in Baytown. That means that, instead of our normal 135 seat arena, we’ve got about 400 seats to fill for each performance. I’d like to see as many of those seats filled as possible! Not only because it means more money for the theater, so we can get started on our rebuilding, but also because a full house makes for a better show, by energizing the actors on stage.
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