The 98th Muny season opened this week with Wizard of Oz, one of my all-time favorites. I'd be happy if they staged Wizard and Hello Dolly every year. LOL. We have our usual Friday night tickets and have the same seats we've had for about 6 or 7 years now. Anyway, Stephen Wallem, Thor from Nurse Jackie, played the Lion. This was his 3rd appearance at the Muny; the first was 2013 in Shrek and the second was 2014 in Seussical. He and the rest of the cast did an awesome job.
Here is a video clip of the show...
We ate dinner at Heavy Riff Brewing which is right across the highway from Forest Park. We've visited several times. The first time, they only had their flagship brew, Velvet Underbrown, on tap and they didn't serve food. We visited them again about a year ago and tried a few more of their brews. This time, we had food and brews. Bill ordered the blue cheese brisket salad and I had the smoked pork chili verde which is served over pineapple cornbread. Oh my goodness, it was good! I started with the red ale and Bill had the Mamas and the Papayas which is a APA with papayas. Bill then had the Rye Lager and I had the Left Coast Envy IPA randalized which is their IPA with orange peel. Wow, it smelled like oranges and I could definitely taste the orange. Yum!
What a great start to the season! Next up, 42nd Street.
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