Singing in the Rain. No Really, IN the RAIN

Something on the summer calendar that I have been really looking forward to was an evening at our favorite, Hale Center Theater, to see Singing In the Rain. That show is probably my very favorite old movie. Troy loves it too - he usually opts out of our HCT nights but chose to join us this time. It did not disappoint. Thrilling as always. I feel like HCT really focuses on the tricks and stunts and surprises, always has amazing singing, is jaw-dropping with the sets and costumes, and the plays are generally light-hearted and showy. It's not the place for really deep theater. It's the place for escaping into magic and sparkles and show. And that's just great with me. Also, I really love the layout of the theater. There is no place you sit where your view is blocked, no matter how tall the person in front of you is. 

So August 1st finally arrived, not only signaling the end of a very toasty July, but bringing us our date at the theater. What a great show! I especially loved a trick they did in the song You Were Meant For Me, which is not the best song in the movie. They made Kathy Seldon fly through the air. Totally unexpected and very fitting for the feel of the song. That was fun. And of course the big show-stopper was the title song, where they really did make it pour rain onto the stage. I was so impressed with Don Lockwood. He danced beautifully, and that must have been so hard on a slippery wet stage. He did slip once, but just a little fall, and he made the rest look just effortless. Great great night at a great great play.

So when it was done, we were walking slowly out to the lobby of the theater, smiling blissfully and talking about our favorite parts of the play. Suddenly this woman dashes into the lobby from outside and kind of yells out, "It is actually raining outside RIGHT NOW!" Everyone headed for the doors, to see the delightful surprise that we were getting some seriously needed rain in the middle of our Singing In the Rain performance. How charming! How delightful! How perfect! August really was relieving us of July's stubborn drought and heat. What could be more magical. 

That is....until we tried to get to our car, which was parked across the street. It wasn't very far away, but we got very very wet. It turned out that not only was it raining, it was an absolute downpour. By the time we arrived at our car, yelling and laughing out loud the whole way, screaming with each burst of lightning and clap of thunder, we were literally soaked to the skin. All four of us. 

The drive home was slightly harrowing. Not only were the freeways very covered in water, but the lightning and thunder were incessant and we basically seemed to be keeping even with the leading edge of the storm as it headed north towards our house. When we first got in the car we texted Chase (who will probably never choose to see a musical with us EVER) to ask him how the rain was there, and he said it wasn't raining at all. However it wasn't too long before he amended his statement and let us know that the rain had arrived in a big way. 

Salt Lake got pounded. And since we made it home safely I can say how completely delighted by the rainy theme of the night.

That was on Monday. Today is Saturday. Do you know what that means? I am no longer behind in blogging! I am very proud of myself for catching up. And also....it rained again today, so hard that it flooded our porch and made our garden into a lake. So grateful for the rain!