Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Return to the Forbidden Planet

Tonight the spring musical at Central begins: Return to the Forbidden Planet. It's Shakespeare meets Star Trek with 60's rock and roll. I am the piano player in the band. We also have some guitars, drums, and some brass. It's a lot of fun! You can see our set. The band sits in the back. The actors get to climb up to the upper deck, and can slide down the fireman poles.
The band gets to wear costumes as well, although our flight suits aren't as dressed up as the actors. I also get a funky hair cut...I call it the wind-blown space cowboy look. I have a wonderful piano solo in "Great Balls of Fire," and I have to stand up and dance at the piano like Jerry Lee Lewis.