Live Theater

This morning, most of our school went to see the local community college's production of Beauty and the Beast. Since it was most of our school, and some of the comments heard from the backward bumpkins riding my bus was, "This is gonna be stupid, this is so dumb, this is gay....", I was pretty well prepared for mass mayhem during the performance. I was already planning out my apology letter to the drama department as we all took our seats. What I forgot to take into account was that even though our kids are pretty jaded, there is power in live performances that can calm the most savage beasts. All of the students around me were mesmerized for 2 and a half hours. I couldn't believe it. From talking to the other teachers, the kids around them were speechless as well. I had to smile on the way back to school; some of the earlier naysayers were the ones who were talking about how cool all the costumes and sets were, how they liked the explosions, and how in the world did the actors not fall into the hole in the middle of the stage (the pit). For all of my drama and theater friends, your field of work and study gave me hope that maybe some of my kids are human, or have the capability to appreciate the finer things in life, after all!