Saturday, August 3, 2024

Common Casting

"It says here that the actor who played Doc was in Glee," I reported to Delaney as I reread the Playbill for Back to the Future at breakfast the morning after seeing the musical.

"What??" she shook her head in a moment of cognitive dissonance. She loved Back to the Future, she is a huge fan of Glee, and she was also excited to hear Heidi and I have been re-watching that show since May. She whipped out her phone and rapidly tapped the screen. "It says here he played a hotel clerk in 2012."

"Oh my God," I laughed. "I know just who he was." I stood up and went over to the TV. In short order, I had the final episode of season 2 on the screen. "Remember when they have the pillow fight at the hotel in New York City at nationals?" I scanned quickly through the episode, and there he was. Despite being over a decade younger and minus the mad scientist wig, we recognized him immediately.

"That's hilarious," Delaney laughed as we sat back down.

I picked up the Playbill. "Oh my gosh!" I said a minute later. "It says here that the actor who played Lorraine played Anne Boleyn in the national tour of Six!" It was a show we had seen together two summers ago at the National Theater.

"What??" Delaney said and shook her head again.

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