Movin' Out

Yesterday we went to see Movin' Out at the Fox Theatre. (Which reminds me ... my second grade teacher didn't give me credit for spelling theatre with an "re" instead of an "er" at the end on that spelling test. Well, I think I am vindicated now, yes? Not that I'm bitter and hold on to things from my past. But, I digress).


I'm not generally a big fan of musicals. Well, OK, actually I pretty much hate them. Or so I've always maintained. But then, I really liked the movie Chicago, and that was basically a musical. I've been a big fan of Billy Joel for a long time. So naturally, when I heard about this musical based on Billy Joel's music I had to go see it.

It was not bad. If I were more sophisticated, I might really have appreciated it even more. But there was no dialogue. There was supposed to be a story here, but I didn't really get much of a story out of it. Until I read the program guide afterwards, that is. Maybe I should have read that first. Anyway, to me, it just seemed more like watching a cover band playing Billy Joel music while watching a bunch of ballet dancers. Sadly, I'm not a fan of ballet. Don't get me wrong -- these people were all obviously very talented. And some of the women were dancing around in their underwear, so that part was good. I guess it just wasn't quite what I was expecting.

It was our first time to the Fox Theater, and that in and of itself was pretty cool. We definitely plan on going back. Overall, we really did enjoy the show. It was neat to do something kind of different, even if I am too much of a backwards country hick to really appreciate it.

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