Esther's Follies

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Tonight, after our dinner at Uchiba, we took Wendy and Tammy to see the comedy show at Esther's Follies. We've been many times over the years, they had never. There's a show on Thursday, two on Friday and Saturday. The weekend shows are a bit rushed with one at 7:00pm and a second show at 9:00pm.

The picture at left shows the magician cutting one of the women in half. He was maniacal, it was funny and amazing.

The show is a bunch of comedy skits, some with music and dance, and several magic acts. While many are repeated year after year there's always some topical issues, e.g., like current pop stars, book banning and border security, and always politicians to skewer. The magic tricks are quite amazing — how did she/he disappear from here and end up there?

Having been before we were aware that they would engage the audience and had picked seats near the front stage left in hopes that one of Tammy or Wendy would be called on to participate in some of the hilarity. Instead they picked Kate for the "Dog out of the canon" magic trick. Kate was a good sport but well rehearsed as she had been picked during our November 2016 visit (our guests have been on stage here several times). I had to duck out at about the climax of that act when a bathroom break could not wait.

Our friends thoroughly enjoyed the show. Perhaps they will bring some of their friends another time.

Having returned home to Canada while writing this I see that the "Haunting of the Tavern" mystery/dinner theatre is still active. It's by the same group, we've been before and really enjoyed it. We're sorry that we missed it this time.