Last weekend my sister and I went to Utah to see the Little Mermaid (Broadway Style) at the famous Tuacahn theater in the red rock hills of St. George.
Before the show we attended Sebastian's dinner, which consisted of a cafeteria style food served in the...cafeteria. It was actually quite tasty! I could have eaten another plate full of Jamaican jerk chicken and sweet potato casserole. The tables were large and round so you just sat and ate with strangers. Two older couples joined my sister and I at our table. We had a fabulous time chatting. They have been friends for 50 years and have traveled around the world together. They were a hoot! They told us about a trip to New Orleans. As the story goes according to the men, their wives were shopping so the men took a seat on a curb to relax while they waited for their wives. All of a sudden a pair of panties came floating down from the sky (It rained panties from heaven!). One of the men picked it up just as their wives approached. With wide eyes the man's wife said, "Put that down! And wash your hands!" It was hilarious.
The theater itself is amazing, with red canyon walls as the back drop of the outside open theater. The production of The Little Mermaid was also absolutely jaw-dropping from the costumes and sets to the acting. Whoever played Eric and Ariel did awesome!
Thunder and lightning threatened rain during the performance, and at one point King Triton held up his trident and thunder struck! A-MAZ-ING!
St. George was hotter than the hubs of you-know-where. It was so hot that I thought someone had spilled water on me when I stood up at intermission, but I was just damp from perspiration. No strangers to heat, Tuacahn was prepared with "misters" misting the crowd at the top of the stadium and I was relieved to see that they were serving the proper flavors of snow cones at intermission.
All in all the folks at Tuacahn really put on a fabulous show! Two thumbs way up.
