smell you, nancy drew

Hi again everyone. It's intern Colin with a (gasp!) non-Meet The Intern-related blog post. I don't know if anyone else is aware of this (or if anyone has stories of their own to share), but apparently the Ohio Theatre has a very colorful past, involving sewing machine factory work, homeless men living below the very floorboards we walk across every day, and, perhaps most intriguing of all, a seemingly endless pathway underneath the theatre itself. This evening after the opening night party, Meg MacCary was regaling a small but captivated audience with tales of her terrifying excursion into the bowels of the Ohio back during Amazons And Their Men. Her tales - of a veritable maze stretching out below the theatre, complete with random carpeted areas (with a couch!) and tiny men poking their heads down from tiny ladders and claiming to be plumbers - have inspired me.

Tomorrow evening, I am going to venture deep below the Ohio Theatre to traverse this very same path. Armed only with a flashlight and a non-flashing-digital camera (and perhaps intern Chris, although this remains to be seen), I will risk my very life to investigate this horrifying abyss. And it's all for you, dear blog readers. If I'm not killed or maimed by rats or deviants, keep your eyes here for an update. And if I am - well, it's been a fun ride...


IN OTHER NEWS: Let's bid a fond farewell to our old pal Vendetta Chrome (and congratulate the show on a kickass, unprecedented several-night-long sellout pattern) and welcome the newest addition to Summerworks 2008: Slavey!



You may have missed the opening night gala - and it's too bad if you did, because it was awesome - but don't miss your chance to see this show. The run continues Monday through Saturday (the theatre is dark Wednesday). AND! Come tomorrow or Tuesday, enjoy the show, and then join us for free beer and wine following the performance. It's truly the best deal in town. Don't pass it up.

Lots to digest today, faithful blog readers, but I'm sure you can handle it. You've still got three more interns to meet, as well as some scary stories from me (or else an invitation to my funeral). You read it here first.

Keep reading, and we'll see you at the Ohio!!

-Colin