Obviously, I have returned from Little Mary Sunshine. One tends to walk away from Musical Theatre Guild performances with one of two reactions. It's either "Why don't they revive that more often?" or "I know why they don't revive that more often." Sunshine, Dear Readers, falls into the latter category. It's certainly harmless, though, and does have its enjoyable moments. With book, music and lyrics by Rick Besoyan, it is, indeed, a parody of the Eddy/MacDonald style operettas. The music sounds like a tongue-in-cheek version of Romberg and Friml and others of that ilk. The parts are all unidimensional caricatures and the plot, what there is, is plain silly. Miss Teri Bibb has a nice soprano voice and handled the title role admirably.
Before the show, I ran into Miss Teri Ralston, and was able to congratulate her on the Follies she directed and in which she starred down in Orange County a couple of weeks ago.
I also chatted a bit with Miss Misty Cotton. She asked that I send you her regards, Dear BK, and, with this post, so I do.