At the Broadway Bowling League last Thursday night, my friendster Miz Molly said, “oh look, it’s Mr. Brown Water.” Naturally she was referring to bowling captain and Memphis cast member Kevin Covert, who is a staunch supporter of the brown water.
Molly was at bowling with me as Memphis had just hosted 15 kids from the 52nd Street Project of which Molly is a teaching artist.
From their website www.52streetproject.org:
“The 52nd Street Project is dedicated to the creation and production of new plays for, and often by, kids between the ages of nine and eighteen that reside in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood in New York City. The Project does this through a series of unique mentoring programs that match kids with professional theater artists.”
“The Project is about making children proud of themselves. The Project is not about teaching children to act, although they will learn to. It is not about teaching them to write plays, although they will learn that as well. What it is about is giving a kid an experience of success. It is about giving a kid an opportunity to prove that he or she has something of value to offer, something that comes from within that he or she alone possesses, something that cannot be taken away. ”
The group from 52 Street Project onstage at the Shubert
The kids got to meet Bryan, Dionne, James, Derrick and Daniel after the show; it was so much fun to have them at the show and hear their enthusiastic responses. We look forward to having more kids from all over the city as our Inspire Change program starts this week!
So then it was off to Bowling!
This week’s featured match up was between the Memphis Pintasticals versus the Memphis Strike-adoos!!
Thanks to Producer Dugan Moore for sponsoring this night of bowling for the bowling teams and it was quite an eventful night.
Bowling was incredible and I have to admit, I totally geeked out; how could I not? At one point, I was sitting next to George Akram from West Side Story, then doing a photo op with Lin Manuel Miranda from In the Heights- Corbin Bleu from Heights was also there too though I couldn’t convince Miz Molly to get a picture with him so we admired from afar.
I’m sure the Covert Report will cover the bowling match up more in depth so for now I will just share the photo highlights!
Melissa and Gary show off their personal bowling footwear previously reported about in their Behind the Title pieces
Cast members Cary and Syndey
Dionne, Ephraim, J.Bernard, Michael, Derrick and Maestro Kenny Seymour
The BEST part of bowling with Broadway dancers may in fact be LaQuet's victory dances. A video of this exists somewhere as well...
Tegan, Vivian, LaQuet and Cary do it up
The Pintasticals: Chad, J.Bernard, Kevin, Jermaine, Vivian, and Tegan
D'oh! A blurry but adrable picture of the Strike-adoos: Cary, Sydney, LaQuet, Gary, Daniel and Melissa
Thanks to Dugan Moore from the entire Memphis Bowling League Family!
love hearing about the bowling :D
Comment by raellen — February 22, 2010 @ 5:39 pm
Thank you so much for hosting us, Miz Millah!!! The kids had the best time at the show and I had a blast as well; we couldn’t have done it without you. See you at the lanes…XOXO.
Comment by Miz Molly — February 24, 2010 @ 12:23 pm