Moscow Cats, and Hair

Today, Sue and I went to go see the Moscow Cats Theatre at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, in NYC. Sue had gotten me the tickets as a Christmas present, and today was the show. The venue was a tiny place, maybe seating 200? However, our seats were front row, but even if they had been higher or further away, we still would have been able to see everything fine.

The cats generally did very "cat-like" things, such as walking, scratching the floor, etc., but then were trained to run and jump and climb on certain things, like the tightrope walking cat in the photo above. There was always a treat at the end of the trick (and sometimes at the start) for the cats, and sometimes, I think the trick the cat did wasn't particularly what was planned, but it was still a blast. There were a few siamese cats, a hairless cat, a dog (Pomeranian?), and 5 actors/clowns, who either worked with the cats, or did their own tricks.

The show was about 70 minutes long, and was very much worth seeing. There was a lot of laughter from both us, and the audience during the show. I think the run is ending soon in NYC, and I don't know where they go from here.

In other Mike News, I've cut off a lot of my hair... Here's a photo or two to show the new style...

I'm definitely working that Garibaldi look from Season 4-5 of Babylon 5....

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