Saturday, August 20, 2011

Dinner, Drama, and Dance

Ryan and I switched things up a little for date night this week. We went to "Dinner and Drama" at the downtown arts center.

They had everything set up on the stage, where there was a buffet dinner and round tables to sit at. While we were eating, the actors came out in character and talked to us. It had been advertised as an interactive murder-mystery, but I was still unsure what to expect. The premise for the evening was that we, the guests, were famous producers who came to watch the taping of the season finale of a struggling soap opera. It ended up being very funny and entertaining!

One of the characters talking to our table looked at Ryan and the guy sitting next to him and called them "Calvin Klein". She invited them to help her by coming up to the front later as part of the formal show during one of the songs.

When that song started a little while later, it was a parody of "I'm Too Sexy"! Ryan ended up being one of three men up on the stage who took turns doing silly poses and such -- it was a lot of fun to watch! Unfortunately, I had a hard time getting pictures of the fast-moving poses. Ryan surprised everyone with a somersault! I think he was a little uncomfortable, but he did a great job!



At the end of the play, one of the characters died, and we had to guess who committed the murder and how. I am not usually good at predicting plot lines, but I got it right!

This was a fun break from the usual dinner at a restaurant! We may have to go back at Halloween for their parody on Harry Potter :)

2 comments:

Stephanie said...

That sounds like so much fun!!! I need to be better at coming up with cool date ideas. I might steal that one sometime:)

Megan B ♥ said...

What a great time!! I wonder what Justin would do in that situation, LOL!