A carol about a carol, caroling about another carol.

This weekend we went to see our friend from Zombie Sitcom in the christmas show at PushPush Theater. You might remember PushPush from a poster we recently did for them.

The play is called "Dick N' Carol" and is a sort of meta-play about a theater group struggling with the decision to produce an updated version of Dicken's A Christmas Carol. But it's also about the theater group dealing with the ideas of Art vs. Industry, and doing a show just because they know it'll make money.

PushPush likes to go hang out with their audiences after their shows, most often over a beer. The hope is that the audience will have "notes" for them about the show they just saw. That's pretty awesome, but I think I as ill prepared to give any notes of real value at the time. So I sort of stumbled through some awkward thoughts about the show... but now that I've had a chance to think about it, I'm full of opinions...

There are at least 3 plays going on within the main structure of the show. Echoing the 3 ghosts of Christmas that visit Scrooge in the original. The show jumps a little between these 3 stories, and you never know what level of the show the next scene will be set in. This was the most interesting aspect of the play to me. I think it could be pushed even more. This would be a great opportunity to do a play about the 4th dimension, and alternate realities. About how "every play is a Christmas Carol." All things touch all things in the 4th dimension. But maybe that's too weird for a christmas show.

PushPush does a good job of raising some interesting points about art and theater and "The Industry," all while making fun of themselves and the process of putting on a Christmas show. The show will apparently be much different come closing night, as they will be integrating changes suggested by the audience.

**bonus**
Also an acquaintance of mine, that I met at the legendary Baseboard Design Sanctuary, has recorded a pretty rad new song.
Check it out: Sorry (But I meant well)
it's tight.