I never travel without my box.. . . I love “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” It was the first operetta written for television. By Menotti in 1951. I don’t remember seeing it then of course, but not that many years after. And every year after that for many years. John and I used to go around singing parts of it to each other. “Ohhh, Little Boy. . . Ohhh, Little Boy. . in the third drawer—-LICORICE! LICORICE! Sweet, black licorice!” We went to see it some time in the ’90’s in Berea. I don’t remember if Wayne was still alive, but I think I took all three of the the kids. Caitlan and I went to see it last night at Centre. It was fun to be there with her. The girl playing the part of the mother had a wonderful voice. The fact that the girl playing Amahl was taller than her mother was a little off-putting.

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