Waitress the Musical!

Bailey McCall played Jess at yesterday's performance.  She was awesome!

Yesterday, Carol and I went to the Broadway Across Canada production of Waitress.  I hadn't heard much of this musical but two friends who went earlier this week thought it was wonderful!  We go to the Sunday matinee.  Cheryl and Lexie were there and we all loved it!  The story was very good.  There was a lot of humour and the songs, although we didn't recognize them, were great.  The voices were strong and production was so well done.

A well deserved standing ovation!

Last week in the Peace Arch News, they featured a story of a local girl who landed a role in the play.   As she is so young, they had two little ones sharing the part.  We saw Kate perform.  She lives in Cloverdale and she was adorable!

From the Peace Arch News:
It’s going to be a very busy week for young Surrey-based actor Kate Whiddington.

The five-year-old is one of two Vancouver-area girls chosen to play the role of Lulu in the touring musical Waitress, along with Alice Antoinette Comer.

Kate, a Kindergarten student in Cloverdale, has been acting in commercials since she was nine months old, first in an ad for Huggies diapers. She’s been featured in a handful of commercials, had a reoccurring role on BH90210 and last week shot her first short film.

Waitress, about a diner employee who gives birth to a girl named Lulu, marks Kate’s debut on a Broadway-musical stage.

After the show, we met our husbands at New York, New York, the Greek restaurant close to our home.  Dinner was delicious and we had lots of laughs.  The restaurant was completely booked as Just for Laughs was playing at Bell Performing Arts Center and that's the closest restaurant.  I'm glad I made a reservation or we wouldn't have been able to stay!

What a great way to spend a Sunday!