Singing in the Rain performed on a warm breezy summer night in Plovdiv’s Roman Amphitheatre by a (famous) Bulgarian cast was a treat beyond description.
First premiered in New York in 1952 the movie Singing In The Rain has many memorable songs like Make-em Laugh Good Morning Good Morning and of course Singing In The Rain A hit from the beginning the Iconic movie with that incredible dance scene still resonates.
The cast of Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor made you leave the theatre singing.
So it was in Plovdiv where the all Bulgarian cast doing the stage version of Singing in the Rain had us smiling from ear to ear. NO English subtitles...they weren’t really needed. Although I wish I had been able to be in on more of the jokes.
But the thing that struck me most, the sell-out crowd of overwhelmingly Bulgarians who came to see this Icon of American movies performed some 66 years later in a Roman Amphitheatre built in the 2nd Century AD. The fact alone that the American Musical Theatre and this Play in particular has such legs is amazing.
We laughed, we sang and we danced up the steps of the theatre with the sold-out crowd of Bulgarians and smiled all the way home.