Keeping Up with the Cases: The Musical

Tonight Stephen and I had a real, honest-to-goodness date. My folks came over to watch all three kids, and we hightailed it out of the house to pretend that we were footloose and fancy-free for a few precious hours. Since Lent for the Orthodox Church starts tomorrow (meaning no more animal products), Steve wanted to get in some ice cream, so we met our friends Jason and Karla at Oberweis, where we all gorged ourselves on fantastical ice cream creations.

It's important to note here that this was our dinner. And we feel no remorse for this.

After ice cream, Stephen and I headed over to the college, where we enjoyed the spring musical, Oklahoma!. I knitted the entire performance, and we both enjoyed the production immensely. Olivet's music and drama departments know how to put on a musical. I was part of the orchestra for four musicals, and I enjoyed it immensely, even though, from my unenviable position in the pit, I never actually saw a blessed performance. I just heard what was going on and had to use my active imagination to fill in the rest.

A little frustrating, to be sure.

Anyway, seeing the musical tonight inspired us, and Stephen declared that we should make our own musical featuring our family. The idea is genius! Believe me, we have plenty of fodder for such things as slapstick comedy, hilarious hijinks, and unfortunate misunderstandings, with a little bit of romance (albeit it in between bouts of crying children) sprinkled in for good measure.

It would be called Keeping Up with the Cases: The Musical, and it would feature such smash hits as...

• "Jack Took My Thing!"
• "Stop the Whining, Stop It Now"
• "What's This Guy Called? (What's This Bathroom Called?)"
• "Cassidy! You're Always Underfoot"
• "Eat It, You'll Like It, I Promise"
• "Go to Sleep You Stinky Buttface"
• "Baylor Fell Again and Now He's Crying"
• "Please Don't Touch That"
• "Nonononono"

...and more. Oh, so much more.

This musical is, of course, the brainchild of Stephen Case, librettist and composer extraordinaire and creator of the Broadway sensation You Killed My Roommate, You Monster! Join Steve, Christine, Jack, Baylor, and Charlotte as they live, learn, and love as a family, bumbling and whining along the way. Show-stopping numbers and jazzy choreography make this a show you don't want to miss.

Come see the hit show that everyone's talking about!