It's an Old-Fashioned Steve Week in Toronto!

I'm having an old-fashioned Steve Week in Toronto, partly to prove I've still got it, partly because...well, LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON!

• Tuesday (yesterday): Toronto Symphony Orchestra Christmas with the Canadian Brass. This, incredibly, was my first time ever at Roy Thompson Hall.
• Wednesday (today...obviously): Memphis, whose plot was paint-by-numbers but whose musical pastiche score and energetic cast made for an enjoyable (if not particularly memorable) evening.
• Thursday: Leafs vs. Sabres; I'm also toying with the idea of seeing Hair in the afternoon, although I've already got tickets for a performance next week
• Friday: the Headstones (who I've somehow never seen)

It'll take some doing to top the stretch in July 1998 when I saw nine plays (four in Toronto plus five in Stratford) in eight days, but I've got to start somewhere. And I'm not slowing down: still on the agenda is Hair, 2 Pianos 4 Hands, American Idiot, and at least one more Leaf game. It's great to be back in the groove!