White Rose reading

I had the opportunity to see the White Rose reading at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on July 19. It’s a play about students at the University of Munich who protested what the Nazis were doing. Scott Bakula was part of this, and I’m a big fan of his. This is a slightly revised report already posted on the Scott Bakula Fan Forum.

Beverly Hills is about 40 minutes from me, but I don't go out that way very often and I was reminded why as I drove out there. L.A. traffic is ridiculous and so is the parking. Fortunately it was after rush hour (the play didn't start until 9) so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. I found parking without too much trouble and got inside with a little time to spare. I looked around a bit and went in and sat down just before 9. There weren’t really that many people there and I got a seat right up front in the third row. Lucky me.

The actors came onto the stage to do a sound check just before they started and I got my first glimpse of Scott. He looked fabulous. I had brought my camera, and snuck a quick picture but it didn't turn out, dang it. Theaters usually don't allow cameras or recording, and I normally respect that but this was SCOTT for Heaven's sake. I would have kicked myself if I hadn't at least tried to get a few pics.

The reading/play itself would have been worth seeing even if Scott hadn't been in it. World War II was such a sad time. Anne Frank is one of my favorite historical figures and it was interesting to listen to a reading about this group of German students protesting what the Nazis were doing. I especially liked the interaction between Scott's character and the character Ashley Bell read. Scott's character was a police investigator and he was having a lot of trouble with these students being arrested, especially the girl because he had a daughter her age. He tried very hard to get them released but unfortunately he was unsuccessful.

I waited for a few minutes afterwards to see if Scott would come out and talk to people and sure enough he did. He spoke to some of the people doing sound and then went into the lobby. I went into the lobby too (no I wasn't stalking him) and he was talking to some people. I went over to him, introduced myself, shook his hand and told him he'd done a wonderful job and then went on my way. It was brief, but I was glad for a chance to meet Scott anyway. It was a fun night. I hope he does some more plays.