You Might Be The Parent of Theater Kids If....
If you have no issue
helping your sons apply their makeup.
If people in your
neighborhood often refer to your kids as the Von Trapps.
If when watching
sporting events, you need to remind your kids the players wear uniforms, not
costumes.
If on your satellite
radio, you have a preset button for the Broadway channel.
If you never use that button
because the radio pretty much stays on that station anyway.
If your kids know what
NPH stands for.
If some other people refer
to your kids solely by their characters’ names.
If when that happens, you’re
okay with it.
If after hearing that
another kid is really talented, your kids make a snarky comment like "yeah, but
can she sing?"
If your kids fight over
who gets to sing the harmony.
If after seeing any new
movie, your kids ask when the stage version will come out.
If you complain about
the damn Yankees and your kids defend a fine show.
If your kids giggle after
just meeting a girl named Maria.
If your kids are still
mad about Russell Crow's Javert.
If your kids know which bathrooms
are unlocked at school on the weekends.
If when you say the word
“cat”, your kids start singing about what jellicles are and jelicles do.
If
you get an annual personalized Christmas card from the shoe department of your
local dance shop.
If
the majority of your kids’ wardrobe consists of t-shirts from past shows.
If
your kids refuse to ever mention that Scottish King’s name, no matter where
they are, just in case.
If
your kids know how many minutes are in a year, but prefer to measure it in
daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, and cups of coffee.
If
when dropping your kids off at school in the morning, you request they break a
leg.
If
you have a pet named Iago or Deuteronomy or Veruca or Nicely Nicely…
If
your kids consider “A Chorus Line” a reality show.
If
your kids insist on calling the logo at Wendy’s "Annie".
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