Last night we had a plan to see a comedy play at the Stages Theater called,"Don't Hug Me." That plan fell through. So we looked down Hennepin Avenue toward the Orpheum Theater and decided to see if we could get tickets to the show playing there. We did get 3 tickets to see Frank Caliendo. I had no idea who he was but I'm flexible. The Orpheum Theater is a beautiful place.
Looking at this photo, I was seated in the balcony next to the second exit door from the front on the left. The place is overwhelmingly beautiful. That chandelier on the ceiling is amazing. Those tiny tassels on the maroon velvet curtain are actually about 12 inch diameter. The white arches have a bas relief with vegetables carved into them - tomatoes, half peeled corn on the cob, onions, peppers, and eggplant. The theater was packed and the sound of the laughter bubbles forward and bounces back again. Turns out Frank Caliendo is a stand up comedian and a sports announcer. He can do impressions. He does President Bush very well. He did Adam Sandley, Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Jerry Seinfeld, Kramer, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy. He did some other people I don't know but the audience thought he was very funny. John Madden - he's a sports announcer? I have no idea who Charles Barkely is. Frank was making fun of someone who doesn't prounounce the vowels in his words and he says trbl and hrbl instead of terrible and horrible. Even though I wasn't getting all the jokes, I had a good time.
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