Saturday night was supposed to be the second performance of "Carousel" in Manasquan at the Algonquin Arts Theater. Friday night's show was wonderful and went well but tonight was a different story.
We had to take the hour ride to get Russell there for the show. He was to be in the pit by 7:30 for the 8:00 show. The ride was fine we got there in plenty of time. What we didn't realize when we first arrived was that there was a major power failure in the area. Apparently a sub-station that was a block away got struck by lighting when a huge nasty storm came through the area a few hours earlier.
The cast, crew and orchestra were all outside the theater waiting to get news as to whether the show would go on or not. The orchestra people were reading, the cast was putting on make-up and warming up outside where it was cooler. We talked to the utility people and they told us that the power would not be restored until about 9pm. The company manager made the announcement that the show would not go on at about 7:30.
So that was that, no show tonight. The cast was so broken up by the news that they broke out into a beautiful chorus of the Handel's Messiah Hallelujah Chorus. It was impressive and inspiring!!! and rather amusing.
This shot was taken in the parking lot while we were waiting for the formal announcement that the show was in fact going to be canceled. I noticed the sun shining in the raindrops in some shrubs that were in the parking lot and since I had nothing better to do while waiting I shot them.
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