Randy and I (along with a gaggle of friends) went to see the latest Ryan Landry play this weekend. This one was a spoof on the classic camp-fest, Valley of the Dolls. It was cleverly called Valet of the Dolls (Nealy O’Hara ends up being the face of a parking garage chain). Having seen the movie before (multiple times) I enjoyed the play quite a bit.<\/p>\n
But, as always seems to be the case, I think I enjoyed the performance of Olive Another the best. For starters, of all the local drag queens I know of, I find her name to be the most clever. I also appreciate that she has a gap between her two front teeth (like me).<\/p>\n
But most of all,\u00a0her voice and facial expressions never cease to entertain me in all of her performances. I can’t quite explain it, but it makes me think of Hyacinth Bucket, of the BBC series\u00a0Keeping Up Appearances, with a hoarse voice. In Valet of the Dolls, she played the lasagna-obsessed sister of Tony flawlessly. In fact, her biggest “error”\u00a0(if you want to call it that) actually garnered some of the biggest laughs in the show…after the show was over!<\/p>\n
She was coming out to take her bow when she slipped on the stage and wiped out – falling flat on her ass on stage. Poor thing. but she got right up (laughing hysterically, along with\u00a0her castmates and\u00a0the audience) and kept going (and laughing).<\/p>\n
Hopefully there wasn’t too big of a bruise the next morning.<\/p>\n
Oh, and Randy and I FINALLY got all of the art up in our new townhouse. It looks like a real home now. The last of the drapes arrived by\u00a0UPS\u00a0this morning so once those are up (hopefully tonight) our place will be 100% ready. WOO\u00a0HOO!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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