Play-goers stuck in the
May 8 ferry back-up between Seattle and Bainbridge, fretting that
they’d be late for the opening-night curtain of Bainbridge
Performing Arts‘ “The Drowsy Chaperone,”
needn’t have worried: Members of the cast and crew they were going
to see were — so to speak — in the same boat.
The show was about 25 minutes late getting started, and showed no ill effects of the delay. A number of patrons did arrive late, however, and were ushered directly in (normal protocol would ask them to wait for a scene change or other break in the action).
BPA did benefit, in an off-hand way, from the ferry flub. A KIRO-TV news crew found director Joanna Hardie and a carload of cast members waiting on the Colman dock and making them part of their report. Free publicity; can’t be bad.
Further ferry foibles permitting, the “Drowsy Chaperone” runs through May 24. Information: 206-842-8569, bainbridgeperformingarts.org.
Read the full review here: http://www.kitsapsun.com/entertainment/theater-bpas-chaperone-shrugs-off-late-start-and-dazzles_88619280
