by Eric Denver<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s dream a little together\u2026how might we feel seeing our own name in a marquee\u2019s lights on Broadway or walking down a red carpet to accept our award\u2026be it a Tony, Emmy, Grammy, or Oscar? As the author of this musical, Neal Learner,<\/strong> elaborates in the program, sometimes our dreams may evolve into reality or a happy ending, but most of the time they will not. This musical is about how one might move on after such goals and\/or aspirations are denied recognition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As director of tonight\u2019s show\u00a0Michael Fowle<\/strong>\u00a0states in the program notes, the musical focuses on whether our lives can be more than what they are today. If our dreams are achieved, will this result in our lives being more than what they are at present? Sometimes, we concentrate too much on achieving our goals in life rather than allowing our goals to be modified as we evaluate multiple choices. Letting go of our initial dreams through modification can still result in a positive trajectory. The pursuit of our dreams can still result in what makes us all productive human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Act I opens at the French Cupcakes caf\u00e9 in a midwestern USA college town. During the first act, the musical evolves into an eleven-song shared story of what transpires within the caf\u00e9. Three baristas sing interludes throughout both acts, connecting the musical pieces to each other and contemplating what\u2019s next. The caf\u00e9 owner, Pierre Bardot, artfully played by\u00a0Aref Dajani<\/strong>, first welcomes us to the caf\u00e9 and then admits before and after his opening solo \u201cBad Bread\u201d that the venue is facing problems. We are also introduced to the caf\u00e9 manager, Pierre\u2019s daughter, Tina Bardot. Both the character of Tina and\u00a0Camilla Wilbraham<\/strong>\u2019s portrayal of her were critical to how successfully the plot evolves. Nick Butler, a singer\/songwriter with dreams of his own, played by\u00a0Apollo Yong<\/strong>, sings his initial solo song \u201cDrop of Honey\u201d and captures the audience\u2019s attention. How these three main characters navigate the pathways of their hopes and dreams is the focus of this first act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After a short intermission, we continue with Act II, including another eight songs and discover what resulted from a modified and \u201cimproved\u201d newly renovated French Cupcakes II. Profits are up and there is a lot of hope for the future of the eatery. But the dreams of our cast have changed and we follow them through new choices with surprising results! I have no doubt you will find this play fascinating and your attendance will be a worthwhile experience. Don\u2019t miss your opportunity to dream with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Eric Denver Let\u2019s dream a little together\u2026how might we feel seeing our own name in a marquee\u2019s lights on Broadway or walking down a red carpet to accept our award\u2026be it a Tony, Emmy, Grammy, or Oscar? As the author of this musical, Neal Learner, elaborates in the program, sometimes our dreams may evolve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blt-online.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blt-online.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blt-online.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blt-online.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blt-online.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blt-online.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1366,"href":"https:\/\/blt-online.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365\/revisions\/1366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blt-online.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blt-online.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blt-online.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}