I was wondering how this was going to be. Could children read the Supertitles for a sing-along? I talked to a father waiting in line with his toddler and wife, and he told me that the children would know the songs, and he was right. There was something very touching about hearing a little girl of I guess four singing out, "I am Moana!"
I'd been to a sing-along of Broadway's best at the JCC and at one for The Wizard of Oz at the Public Library, and of course I'd had mine own at every major birthday gathering. But this was my first at the Castro, and they really know how to do it. We got a bag of magic: a crown, bubbles to blow, a light-stick to wave, popper to pop, and (I don't know why) a comb. We were given instructions, and at the beginning two women in muu muus had the children in costumes walk across.
We were instructed to let it out with "Ahs" and "Watch out, Moana" and cheers, and people really got into it.
The little girl behind me said, "She's so nice!" about little Moana when she was shading a turtle with a leaf.
I loved the feeling, and I'm sure the kids and parents will remember this as even more wonderful than the matinees Dana and I went to as children.
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