LITTLE ROCK — All the beatified people - and some hell-bound - arrived at the Statehouse Convention Center on Feb. 2 in their divine evening gowns and elegant black ties to help our town’s beloved repertory theater pile up the wampum to put on another show.
Another few shows, theater gods willing.
The pious throngs dutifully put one finger to their lips and another to the bid sheets for the silent auction, then turned around and dove decadently into the spiced cheesecake with mulled wine sauce - and this after defiling the filet mignon stacked with crumb covered crab cakes.
Oh, these fallen souls delighted at the wanton sleaze of the Ziegfeld Follies Girls, then mercifully pitied the ham-fisted lunges of Little Rock’s leading men - Chip Murphy, Vic Snyder, Herren Hickingbotham, Daniel Robinson and Adam Melton - at the reanimated Marilyn Monroe (Conly Basham).
By the end of the night, all felt a little lighter of spirit knowing their participation in the 29th annual extravaganza was necessary to keep up The Rep. Call it a fire sale of indulgences.
High Profile, Pages 38 on 02/10/2013