Get Your Pop Culture Fix

April 2, 2008 - Well, we finished staging Orpheus in the Underworld last night and so now we enter into the final polishing phase. I must say there is something for everyone in this show. Well something for everyone who is interested in pop culture. We have a naughty televangelist, a bi-curious midshipman, a hip-hop messenger of the gods, a feisty hottie, a totally fierce club kid with walk for days, a suave pan-sexual playboy. . . .well the list just goes on and on. Last night, one of the many highlights was watching Tony Wilson bring all these disparate characters into a fabulous hip-hop version of the (in)famous can-can. I don't want to spoil the surprise but some of the dance steps were communicated something like this: "Now ladies, at this point, we're going to open, and close, and open, and close, and wash the windows, wash the windows. Gentlemen, now snake it, and hitch-hike, then ride the pony, and lasso something." Intrigued? Get your tickets now and get ready for a wild and crazy time. - John Bowen