Flipping around the channels this morning, I heard the familiar strains of “the hills are alive, with the sound of music”. Actually, what I heard was a large group of people being shown how to raise their arms as they strained to reach the high soprano “HILLS” note. What the heck was going on? It was a CNN report about “The Sound of Music: Singalong Special” in London. There’s a movie theatre showing The Sound of Music with captioned lyrics for the audience to sing along. What fun!! And boy do they sing along. Most people come in costume, some in play clothes and kerchiefs made out of reappropriated green print curtains, many in black nun habits. The woman they interviewed claimed there had only been one Nazi costume so far. (Not surprisingly, this same theatre shows Rocky Horror.) Audience participation rules! Maybe I should get the Stanford Theatre to think about this concept. (The Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, CA shows wonderful old movies and they have a Wurlitzer organ.)