As the Burrito Burns

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Friday, November 23, 2007

Beach Balnket Babylon.


This is the 3rd installment.


The theater we were looking for is actually located on Beach Blanket Babylon Boulevard; that's how long-running and famous the show is to San Fran. I had no idea what to expect but it was totally over-the-top entertainment as only a City like this could present.

The theater is historical and offers a really intimate setting with tables and chairs close to the actors and cute waiters wandering the aisles offering splits of champagne, wine or beer for your viewing comfort. I read the show had been in production for over 30 years and after seeing it i could see why! It¡s absolutely hilarious and I'm not going to be able to give you a great idea since taking photos was strictly prohibited, but at least I got a shot of the outside of the theater! Anywho...the premise of the show involved an adorable Snow White---who was referred to through-out the show as "Snow-Ho," "Snow-blower," and "Snow-slut," looking for her Prince and being sent to a long list of foreign destinations such as France where she met an extremely gay Louis XIV who tried in vain to explain to "Snow" why he would not be a suitable match. All the actors and actresses wore enormous wigs and/or hats and the singing was just incredible! They made Celine look like an amateur--no lie. The whole show was hilarious and included appearances by Hillary, Bill, Dick Cheany, Nancy Pelosi and many more-- (lots of hilarious rep. political jibes!) and then there was Elvis, the Beatles, Harry Potter, and the list goes on. Finally, the boys from "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" decide "Snow" needs a make-over if she's ever going to find her man and when they do the big reveal she comes out looking exactly like Madonna when she wore that pink outfit with the pointy cones over her breasts and her hair in a tight pony-tail. Then she's suspended on a guy wire and starts flying all around the theater while belting out some hot new song. It was hilarious! The final number was just so incredible it pretty much defies description. Try to envision the actors all dressed as Xmas trees while the two leads come out in spectacular get-ups including headpieces at least 6 feet long. "Snow" has the City of San Fran on her head replete with an escalating skyscraper shooting upward while her "fairy godmother" had a complete Xmas scene on her head with an electric train chugging around the base of the tree. Amazing and the crowd loved it!!! It was a great finish to a wonderful night and it made me realize all the incredible diversions a City like San Fran has to offer. Major fodder for the memory bank!

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