A simple review of Shine: a Burlesque Musical:

Go See It.

And for some possibly pertinent tidbits:

• Burlesque
• Music
• Dancing
• Silly, sexy, and sarcastic humor, and
• Innuendo
• In well-balanced doses
• Rampant references to kinky sex
• Includes three of my favorite Seattle performers, Polly Wood, the’Luminous Pariah, and Paris Original
• Five Seattle shows remaining, as of this moment.
• Buy your tickets via this link or at the door. If you collect wristbands, buy the $45.00 ticket, and you’ll get a VIP VIP VIP wristband to wear.
• Yes, there is air conditioning in the theater. Veer to the right as you enter for a seat with the most AC blast, and veer left to stay out of the chill.

An observation:

• Possibly not good “first date” material, if you identify as more straight-laced than kinky. Which is not to say, don’t go if you’re not kinky; it’s just to say.

An endorsement:

• The audience included several of Seattle’s most renowned and intellectual kinky folk, some of whom had come to see the show for second time.

Oh, and the storyline of SHINE is of saving a theater that has seen better days. Yes, this is a oft-told story—that could fall flat on its false-eyelash wearing face. But in this instance, it’s just right.

Go.

Yesterday there was a huge rainbow in the early evening sky. David and I saw it from my window; he explained that it was made up of particles and smog. I argued that rainbows are what happen when angels have orgasms.

Later, in my sleep, I dreamed that the rainbow had come closer and closer to my apartment building. I could see it with one end of its pretty arc there in the swimming pool outside my window. And then I knew that it would come closer, until I would be right beneath the end of the rainbow. I stood and awaited its arrival.

When I woke I imbued metaphor on my dream, and came to believe that the rainbow right on me was about me being my own treasure. Or perhaps, about the rainbow recharging my heart-of-gold.

Whatever the meaning, it was a great dream to be inside of.

Photo of the same rainbow from a different angle, by John Cornicello and used with his permission.