The Lion, The Witch & The Wadrobe

On Wednesday, November 30, Todd took me to see The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at Syracuse Stage...it was my birthday present. He picked a day where Bobby could babysit, even though it was the last day of the month, a busy day for Todd at work.

We got there too early, leaving before the kids exploded when they saw Bobby come back and started to get upset. We got there in good time, probably a good half hour before we needed to. I even pulled out the new brocade skirt and velvet blazer I bought for the upcoming Garbage Man's ball. There was a private "donor" reception going on where there's usually a bar area, so we got too expensive glasses of cheap wine in plastic cups and settled into the lobby, hanging out. We finally decided that being this early was out of both of our comfort zones :)

We took our seats in the very front row, stage left. We laughed at ourselves because the seats were a bit awkward, but actually as the play went on, we liked them. Part of the action happened in the stairwell right next to us, which was kind of neat.

Here are some stills I stole from their website:
The way they used actors and certain costume elements to suggest an animal was fairly clever. This guy was made for this part. The way they did the wardrobe was pretty neat. This is probably the only view we missed sitting to the side. Father Christmas. The white witch... When Todd got the tickets, it was because I had sent him the link and he knows I like theater, but he didn't know it is one of my favorite books of all time. The did a really good job. At first, I was uncertain about the musical part added to the story, but then I got into it. Todd actually said he didn't mind it and I guess not because he surprised with a TRIP TO NYC for Christmas to see "The Book of Mormon" in March, the South Park musical. I had told him it would be hard to top such a great birthday present but he did it :)

And by the way, it was nice to have a date with my husband :) We like to do most things with our kids, but every once in a while it is nice to just be a couple not chasing toddlers in public!