Cats posing around the giant scratching post

A dresser and a cat

Some audience members

How I see the conductor

Cat toy

The prop master made this giant scratching post for the cast of Cats.

Kitty litter cake

The wardrobe ladies had this on their table tonight. Brilliant!

Magic eye

Stare hard at this rectangle, and eventually the image of a menu will appear.

Today, even ordinary churches...

...have exotic sound devices that only high-budget touring shows used to have.

Lawn sculpture, Davis, CA

Best costume in the audience

Kat Behry

Kat Behry and her daughter came to the show tonight. She was a dancer and choreographer with Best of Broadway for almost every year that I did it. Four other members of the Cats orchestra also worked with her in Best of Broadway. Dave, the oboist, said, "Who was that gorgeous woman you were talking to?"

More cats backstage

Julie Homi

Julie Homi has once again joined us for Cats. You can read more about Julie at her Wikipedia article. (I added some stuff to it... no points for guessing what.)

Me and Katie Baad

She is dressing for CATS... all the dressers wore cat ears tonight. I've known Katie since she was four, when I was playing piano for her parents' theatre company...

The CATS pit is incredibly crowded

We're cozy.

I think I finished all the CATS programming

Please, please pray to the keyboard gods for me.

This hor d'oeurve looks like a Georgia O'Keefe painting

This box held a marimba

So if you have a marimba you need to ship somewhere, let's talk.

Those Steinway guys are such m'f'rs

Local boy

This is the only piano I've ever seen that had Sacramento on the plate.

I saw this strange gadget in the band room

It has numbers on the display. Perhaps it's some kind of metronome... I guess I'll never know.

Favorite email of the day

Tiered. of been' passe-d over for th*at promotion b+eca.use you do no,t have the 'proper Dergee?

Kids, do not go inside this van

Even if they offer you candy.

Streisand advertising new coffeehouse

The Internet is like a big Terminix tent...

...that I can get inside and fumigate my free time.

Reminds me of prom night...

...her face radiant in its aluminum foil wrapper...

This car may seem like an English fop. But actually...

Phone GPS, meet Garmin GPS

The one on the right has a cute British accent.

Today's Black Woman Presents...

...except I'm pretty sure that woman is white.

My first steak in four years

...prepared by Bruce Bolin. Delicious!

Funny People - Trailer 1

This movie is great! If you are interested in marriage, death, or the art of comedy, go!

Street art on I Street

I found the picture

...and we saw Funny People tonight... excellent! If you are at all interested in marriage or the art of comedy, you should see it.

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