Tonight Ian and I went to see Vive Les Arts production of Beauty and the Beast. It was fantastic! The sets were awesome, the cast was awesome, and the show as a whole was awesome. They even had it rigged for characters to fly around the stage! Pretty awesome! LOL. Ian really enjoyed the show this time, but was especially attentive because he had a red rose that lit up and the audience was told to wave the rose to help revive Beast and change him back into the Prince at the proper time. There was a lot of rose waving, some smoke, some flying and a Prince emerged! Have I said Awesome??? hee hee. Ian was one of a very few boys that I noticed walking through the character line afterwards. He was noticed by several characters who took the time to say hello to him and offered to let us take a photo with them. Ian LOVED that! Even Belle stopped Beast to have him be in the photo with her and Ian. How sweet! Knitter's theatrical daughters were in the show, too! They were townspeople and then reappeared in the dinner line as the Salt Shaker and a Fork and I think a tablecloth though I stand to be corrected. They were all sorts of wonderful to Ian after the show as always. When I asked Ian about his favorite part of the evening, he said it was meeting the kids after the show! That's a huge compliment considering how much he liked that silly red rose!! So if you live in the Killeen area and you get a chance, go see Beauty and the Beast at Vive Les Arts! You won't be disappointed!
