Lucille Ball’s 110th Birthday!

Today we celebrate the Queen of Comedy, Lucille Ball, on her birthday.

I cannot even begin to put into words how much this lady has meant to me over the years. I was first introduced to I Love Lucy when I was 5 or 6 while staying at my neighbors house, Ms Loving, when my parents were at work. I began dressing like Lucy soon afterwards. I still remember dressing like her for a “hero’s day” at school. Only one other friend of mine even knew who I was supposed to be. The teacher knew, of course. I remember my friends asking “Who is Lucy”? I would try to explain, but they really had no idea as they had never seen her on TV.

I have read every book on Lucille Ball and I have a nearly complete video collection of her work. I simply admire the heck out of this woman!! And…I truly LOVE Lucy.

This is one of my favorite episodes of ILL.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCY!! You are loved and missed by millions.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Grey Gardens: The Musical

Wow…here we are…we open Grey Gardens The Musical NEXT WEEK!

Soo many thoughts and feelings about this show, the Edie’s, and this whole experience. I for one, thought my theatre days were over. Jeff and I both agreed our lifestyles and priorities kind of changed after doing theatre for so many year. And honestly with the tea room, the two bands, and wanting to camp whenever possible, we just had different mindsets that didn’t involve the theatre world. Two shows we had always wanted to do were Elemeno Pea and Million Dollar Quartet both of which we were lucky enough to perform and produce in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

I just kind of assumed I was theatre retired after those productions so we could devote time and energy to other projects. However, there was still one show on my bucket list, one that I never dreamed I’d ever get to audition for simply because I never thought anyone would ever produce the show locally. Enter The Chicken Coop Theatre Company with their audition notice for Grey Gardens: The Musical. Dream show and a chance to audition for my dream role.

I’m a huge Grey Gardens nerd having discovered the Beales by picking up a copy of “My Life at Grey Gardens” by Lois Wright back in high school and from there devouring every book, article, documentary, footage, etc. I could find about these incredible women.

We were two weeks from opening April 2020 when the whole world changed. Our show cancelled, we waited, took almost a year and a half off from our last rehearsal, hoped to get rescheduled in the mean time, have dates proposed only to be postponed again, performance space changed, and even add new cast members…

But here we are! After all of the challenges and obstacles, we are almost there! This is such a beautiful show and one of the most difficult and challenging roles I’ve ever had the pleasure to tackle. The cast and crew have been working extremely hard to bring this show to life. We open next Thursday for 4 performances and we would love your support as we finally bring this gorgeous musical to the stage. Come and laugh, enjoy, and maybe even cry a little at the true story of the Beale women and their Grey Gardens.

Show dates are as follows!

Thursday August 12th at 8pm

Friday August 13th at 8pm

Saturday August 14th at 8pm

Sunday August 15th at 2pm

All at the beautiful Ursuline Arts Center 3114 Lexington Road in Lousiville, KY.

For tickets:

👉🏻 https://www.thechickencooptheatre.com

Happy Birthday Harry!

A very happy birthday Harry Potter!!! We kicked off Harry Potter birthday weekend last night at The Old Capitol Tea Room with a birthday tea and have one more tomorrow night!

We sure do love Harry and the entire Hogwarts crew and we love bringing them to life during our bit of “teatre” aka tea meets theatre! At the tea room, we believe a bit of magic and make believe is a necessity. Even if just for a little while, we strive to make each themed tea event a wonderland where you can come to another world, dress up, and of course have tea and treats.

Special thank you to our friends, the lovely Luna’s for playing Professors with us! We couldn’t create these worlds without the help from our merry crew of actors that add to the magic of our events.

Thank you friends for joining us for tea last night! We so appreciate your enthusiam and support of our little tea room venture. Stay tuned for upcoming events for Fall by following The Old Capitol Tea Room Facebook page or subscribe to our website, www.ourTechnicolorlife.com.