One of our first dates was seeing the RPI Players’ production of Sweet Charity at the RPI Playhouse. Diane and I have seen many plays together since then, and have been back in the Playhouse for a few Reunion dinners, but tonight was the first time since 1976 that we’ve seen the Players perform, even if it was neither live nor in person.

Back in November, I happened to be looking at the Polytechnic and saw a story about the Players’ production of Clue on Stage; it was their first production since the pandemic began. They made it available online for a short time, so I downloaded it and we watched it tonight.

It’s not a very deep play, but it was a good choice for an evening’s entertainment. We’ll probably watch the movie sometime and see how the two productions compare. I’ll bet the actors in the movie weren’t wearing masks!

We’re retired, so I don’t know why I should feel like today’s the last day of vacation – but I do. So we enjoyed the day before things start getting back to normal tomorrow.

Of course we took our usual walks and made a couple of favorite dishes. We also watched last night’s Saturday Night Live, which was a rerun of the one that Betty White hosted in 2010 (thanks, NBC!). And we watched TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s production of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, which might still be available to stream for another week or so – I really enjoyed it. Some day, I guess I should see the movie, too!