We Love a Parade

Oh my goodness, have we been away for a while! No worries, though, we're here now. But we've changed. And, no, it's not just that Elyse's hair is shorter and Annie's is red. We no longer are immature school children, pulling each other's pigtails in the yard. We have discovered the meaning of true love. And the world is now seen through two pairs of rose-colored glasses. What has caused this change? Two words. Possibly three, or maybe a hyphenated two: Varsity Fanclub. Go here to watch their performance in the MTD Parade. Focus on the guy in the trucker hat- Jayk Purdy of Las Vegas, Nevada, 22-years-old, his mom was a Vegas performer. But honestly like, we know nothing about these guys. Insert winky-face here.

So! Did we all enjoy the rest of the parade? We, of course, have our thoughts. And no, we will not be commenting on the marching bands, Chris Collins. We don't care to watch the JMU Marching Whatevers. Wonder Twin bullets, activate!

• As we watched In the Heights perform, we realized that one guy in the chorus is incredibly out of place. He is wearing an orange polo. Watch it just so you can see this guy, fresh out of Godwin High School's Varsity football team dropped into a Broadway show. It's funny because it's literally In the HEIGHTS. Like, Washington Heights. Not Downtown Short Pump Heights. 
• Just for kicks, watch the ITH performance for another reason: Tell yourself that Abuela is not actually in the show, but instead a random lady who happened to wander into the televised area. And somehow, by coincidence, she randomly breaks out into song. Trust us, it's hilarious. And listen to how Matt Lauer pronounces Usnavi (Znavee).
• South Pacific's performance... way to go, Jerold Solomon! He was legitimately on TV for the majority of the song, with a solo and everything! Yeah, and did anyone else think that the lead guy in that number, Danny Burstein, looked like Gilbert Gottfried? Finally, a few of the sailors weren't fooling anybody. It was along the lines of Harvey Fierstein singing "A Girl Worth Fighting For" from Mulan.                                                    
• A few thoughts about  The Little Mermaid- um, why does a mermaid need a scarf? And why did the scarf not look mermaid-like? Ariel literally stole the scarf from the White Christmas cast. In speaking of the performance itself, in the eloquent words of our cousin, "This would be a lot more impressive if it were an actual crab singing and not Seal's brother." But seriously, though, we know he was lip-synching, but MAN! What a voice! Words can't even express how crazy-good his voice is. 
• There really wasn't anything else noteworthy to talk about. Truthfully, once we saw Varsity Fanclub, that was about it for us. We already know all the choreography. OH, and if any of you are ONLY interested in theatre and care not for boy bands, some of these boys in the "band" were once Broadway kids (see: Thomas Fiss). Speaking of boy bands, get ready to see who's in the Richmond theatre one!
• We thought about writing a post about Rosie Live. But we sort of thought it was boring and awkward. We love Jane Krakowski and no one in the audience got the Urinetown bit. Oh well. We understood it. 

Fin.