Saturday night we went to see the musical, “Chicago”, performed by our local Caribbean Community Theater. It was amazing! We had seen it a few weeks back. My daughter was in it and had a great time on stage and behind stage with her new acting friends.

We had enjoyed it so much we wanted to share the love with our friend, Beth. We picked her up in the orange rover and headed for Tutto Bene for a quick snack before the show. We always love the “taste of Tutto Bene” appetizer platter, which could easily be a meal in itself (for two!), so we got one of those, a plate of mussels and one of peel-and-eat shrimp. Some lovely red wine (I had a merlot and Michael an Italian red) rounded out our mini meal.

We arrived at the theater and, even though we had pre-paid tickets, had to wait in a long line. The theater folks were smart, though and had us come in the back way so we could wait in line right next to the bar. Everyone took advantage of the opportunity to imbibe. We were almost inside when it started pouring. We got a little wet, just enough to mess up our hair (oh, woe!) but finally made it to some seats in the second-to-last row. The show started with Leslie Highfield and the cast singing “All that Jazz”. It was great, but when they got to the scene where Roxy’s husband, Amos, takes the rap for her, the power went out. They finished the scene, but decided to stop the show until the WAPA gods decided to go back to work. Then they re-started the show. It was 9pm, and hour later than normal. But everything went smoothly from there. A standing ovation at the end gave the saddened cast members (it was the final performance) something to remember.

Everyone went to Tutto Bene after that to dance at Tutto’s Saturday night disco party (it happens the first Saturday of each month). The place was packed. It took forever to get a drink. I got a little miffed at one point and we went outside, then we went home. It was way past our bedtime anyway.