The Sound of Music

Friday night we had a wonderful opportunity to go to the Wick Theatre in Boca Raton to see "The Sound of Music."  Chris and Charity gave us tickets for my birthday.  Mark took me to "Josephine's," a lovely Italian restaurant for dinner before the show.  The front parking lot was valet only, which gives you an idea of how expensive it was.  We parked in the back.  Only one other was parked there.  That was okay.  And yes, the food was delicious, but very expensive.  We had a special that included appetizer, main course and dessert.  I got chocolate mousse for my dessert and Mark got the strawberry shortcake.  I liked his better-it had a yummy cream filling.

The Wick Theater is new, or newly renovated and this is their first show.  It's a small theater, but so beautiful and intimate.  The musical was wonderful!  I have never seen "The Sound of Music" on the stage.  Naturally, it is not exactly the same as the movie, but the music was all there.  Because the theater is smaller, it is easy to see every nuance on stage.  I thought everyone did a beautiful job.  The woman who sang the part of the Mother Superior had an amazing voice!  And when she joined her voices with the women playing nuns the sound was absolutely glorious!  It was just so well done!  We loved it!

One of the fun things about this theater is the costume museum that will be opening in November.  The Wick family have collected over 1.2 million wardrobe pieces many from original Broadway shows.  That would be really fun to see.

"White Christmas" will be performed in December.  Mark and I really hope to go back and see that one.