The Jill and Julia Show at the Bing Crosby Theater on Friday, March 11th
As we arrived at the cozy and friendly Bing Crosby Theater, familiar faces were surrounding us as laughter and conversation filled the house. Tonight I was also introduced to Bing Bars for the first time! They are milk or dark chocolate bars for $4 and the proceeds benefit the Advocates for the Bing Cosby Theater! I enjoyed half of mine during the show, it was scrumptious! There was quite the buzz surrounding Julia Sweeney because today was officially made Julia Sweeney Day in Spokane by our lovely Mayor Mary Verner!
To start the night off officially and properly Wayne Larson introduced three of our area Spokane News Anchors who each had something to add about Julia Sweeney. First was Robyn Nance from KXLY who said Julia is a “…very generous and giving person… she really is a gem!” After Robyn, up came Sten Walstrom from KREM saying Julia has a “…positive impact… actually funny, I think that’s rare!” Last but not least representing KHQ, Dan Kleckner who talked about his upcoming piece with Julia and his shameless (but funny) plug about 6 Questions; he also talked about how Julia was meant to be on stage and how if Pat had to use the bathroom at the Bing Crosby Theater, Pat would use the closest one! Last but not least Mayor Mary Verner came up and read to use the official proclamation! With an introduction like that Julia was glowing when she came out on stage! She more than deserves to have her own day in Spokane!
When Julia Sweeny, Jill Sobule, and David Carpenter took the stage you could hear the excitement in the room. First of all Julia looked Gorgeous and both Jill and Julia had killer shoes on! So killer, I noticed when Julia came back out for the encore her shoes were off… which I don’t blame her because those were some serious high, very hot, heels! Instantly Jill and Julia were ready to rock and roll, from there on the night flew by and before I knew it the show was over.
Work had been very hectic that week and leading up to this weekend, and sometimes when you are that stressed and or busy you forget to laugh once and a while. Tonight I couldn’t stop laughing; I was almost a little too loud for those around me, I was laughing so hard. Julia is hilarious and has these stories most people can relate too. I love that it seems like she is just talking to us like we are friends at a coffee shop. It was very natural and just side-splitting! In between every story Julia had to share with us, Jill had a song for us. Plus David Carpenter accompanied Jill by playing a stand up bass. I loved the balance between the stories and songs. Jill was super quirky and just adorable singing her songs. Some of her songs had us laughing as well!
As much as I want to sit here and retell you all of Julia stories and recap every song, I don’t want to take away the factor of going out and seeing the show. I will say a few of my favorite songs Jill performed for us were “Jet Pack of Resistance,” “Nothing to Prove,” “Cinnamon Park,” “It was a Good Life,” and “I Kissed a Girl!” Julia had a lot of great stories about her daughter Mulan and what comes with being a parent. The two stuck around at the end of the show and signed CD’s and DVD’s and said hello!
In the Jill and Julia intro/goodbye song the lyrics go “…sometimes it works…sometimes it doesn’t the Jill and Julia Show!” Well tonight it WORKED! I am so glad I had the opportunity to see this show and thank you Wayne for bringing this evening to the Bing Crosby Theater! I hope Jill and Julia get to come back again soon!
