Dream error
I had a dream. In my dream, I arrived at a community centre I had never seen before. It was a grey, shabby sort of place but had plenty of car parking. I knew why I was there – it was this was the next venue for the small-scale touring production of Guys and Dolls I was performing in. Obviously. In the twinkling of an eye, I was inside, changing into costume in an impractically small dressing room alongside other cast members, some of them people I have worked with before, others without names, yet still familiar. In my costume, which included a brightly coloured shirt and a gangster-style hat, I then sat in the small hall, watching my castmates run through part of the show which needed some attention. They sang the number ‘Too Darn Hot’ and some tweaks were made to the choreography to make it fit the space available.
It wasn’t until I woke up that I thought to question any of this, and there was one burning issue in my mind. Not “why would you put on a pocket-sized production of Guys and Dolls when you need at least a dozen men?” Not “what on Earth was my role in the production?” – there is no obvious part for the Singing Librarian in this show. No, the question I asked as I awoke was “what on Earth was ‘Too Darn Hot’ doing in Guys and Dolls? Which is a very good question, as it’s normally found in Kiss Me, Kate. My subconscious mind really should have known that!
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