Tickets in hand, my wife and I enjoyed a day away from the baby on the Twin Cities, until we realized that we needed batteries about fifteen minutes before the showtime on the ticket. Otherwise we were going to have to go back to baby.
Luckily the batteries were found, and disaster averted.
The show was kind of like the radio part of the movie. There’s really no better way to put it. Go see the movie if you want (it’s only ok) to get a flavor of what being there is like.
We sat in the very back row of the Fitzgerald Theater, but it felt like we were among friends. Or at least people with whom we shared something in common.
The whole affair had the informality that can only be had after doing the show every week for years on end. It began with some warmups of the band and audience. Then all of a sudden, Garrison Keillor started talking about it being the Prairie Home Companion from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. Two hours later, it ended almost as informally with a curtain call and the band playing some music as everyone left.
The night we went, Martin Sheen, BR549, Nick Lowe and Maria Jette were the guest performers. A fun night.
Almost surreal after hearing the show on the radio for years.
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