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07/28/2006: "Revisiting the theatrical past"
Tonight, in a fit of narcissistic enthusiasm (or, perhaps, enthusiastic narcissism), I watched recordings of Starlight Theatre's 2006 production of "Oklahoma!" and Waukegan Community Players' 2005 version of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown". The contrast between the two in production quality was staggering. "Charlie Brown" actually put me in the mind of some kind of experimental theater put on by hippies -- like that show performed by the kids (including Howard Hesseman) in "Billy Jack". And yet, if you ask me, the Book Report and Baseball songs more than make up for the minimalist set and costumes (and audience), and humor that was middle of the road 40 years ago. Those songs rock my casbah.