Weekend Wild Card — 8.14-15.10

The Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre saved its best for last, per usual. Mrs. O & I both thought the musical with a strong civil rights bent, “Hairspray,” was the theatre’s best production of the year (although the other plays were good, too). Also, we learned that CST will perform “Sound of Music” and “Wizard of Oz” next year. A third play was announced Saturday night. But I can’t remember which it was. I hadn’t heard of it before. Theatre goers were asked to vote for the final play. I checked “Rent.” But I hear that insiders believe “Ragtime” will be the choice because the buzz among voters seemed to be in that direction. We’ll see around Christmas when the theatre announced the fourth play. While we wait, I’ll replay the weekend Wild Card …