Theatre Salon Blues
The theatre salons that I've been running every few months for the past seven years or so with a cohort of friends from the performing arts world in San Francisco often surprise me -- in a good way. We come up with a theme after a protracted debate, figure out the logistics at the eleventh hour and worry if anyone's going to show. Amazingly, things always turn out better than I think they will. We get around 50 peopl…