Well, the evening started off on a high note; nice dinner at Bond 45. As we walked down 45th Street we realized that after tonight we can say we have seen everything playing on W 45th St. Bravo for us!
The Golden is a nice theatre, comfortable seats, even though we were not on the aisle, which is what we normally prefer. Cathy remarked on how nice the set looked and we were prepared for an enjoyable performance. We knew we were in trouble when five minutes after the show started, Jeff was nodding off. Our seat-mates were thrilled he did NOT snore.
To say that the beginning of this show was boring is an understatement. Wish we could say that it got better. The good news is that at least there was enough action to stay awake after the first half hour.
Cathy was right that the set was beautiful but the set designer, Neil Patel must have been attacked by electric shades as a child - there is no other explanation that we can think of for the annoying shades that went up and down, quite noisily, between the play's scenes.
David Mamet is a wonderful writer, with such shows as November, Speed the Plow and Glengarry Glen Ross to his credit. We loved Speed the Plow and we can't to see Race. David, can you please call us tomorrow, either of our cell phones will be fine, or just email us at houseseats@yahoo.com because we are sooooooo confused. Not often that we walk out of a theatre saying "Huh?" but we did this time!
Performances by Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles were outstanding and Jeff commented that they were quite well cast, albeit in roles that he did not understand (Cathy said she did???? This is a play about sexual harassment that takes 86 of its 90 minutes to get to that point and even then it seems more like it is about intellectual frustration than sexual harassment.
Too little, too late, David.
No wonder 20% of the seats were empty and the show is closing in a few weeks. Next up is the off Broadway production of Zero Hour - stay tuned and have a very happy Thanksgiving. Don't eat too much!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Let us entertain you!
Welcome to our blog. We're addicts, theatre addicts. We try and see everything - musicals, comedies, dramas, on and off Broadway. Last season we actually saw everything on Broadway except "Rock of Ages," which Jeffrey wanted to see but Cathy refused to, because her daughter Danielle saw it and said it was terrible.
This may have been the only argument that Cathy ever won and of course Jeff does not let Cathy forget that missing "Rock of Ages" meant we did not achieve our goal of seeing every nominated show before we went to the Tonys! Hopefully this year, Danielle will stay out of the theatre and we will see everything before the Tony Awards in June.
Allow us to digress. We don't just "see" theater. We experience it. We have opinions about the seats. We are 5'7' and 6"2" respectively and not every seat in every theatre lends itself to an enjoyable experience. We rate every theater. After all....there is acting and then there is air conditioning. Acting and air conditionig are very much alike you know. Too much or too little can ruin an evening. Especially too little air on a very hot summer night.
Mix that with a Wall Street wunderkind sitting next to you checking his Crackberry and we get crazed. Even Jeff . . . who should find a Crackberry Anonymous Meeting sooner rather than later NEVER touches his phone before intermision. Either of his phones. Nor would either of us allow our phones to disturb a performance by Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig.
When a tourist from Idaho sits behind us cracking her gum and continually asking her hubby "What does that mean?" we get very cranky. But we endure all because we love, love, love theater.
Our friends begged us to blog about our theater going. So here we are.
Disclaimer #1: We NEVER read reviews before we see a show.
Disclaimer #2: We don't care what critics say.
Disclaimer #3: What we write is strictly a reflection of our own opinions.
We intend to blog after every show we see this season. However, there's no need for us to go backwards because you can rest assured we will do an entire season recap before we go to the Tony's in June.
We'll be at the Golden Theater on Tuesday to see Oleanna - so check us out on Wednesday, November 25th. Please have as much fun as we intend to have.
This may have been the only argument that Cathy ever won and of course Jeff does not let Cathy forget that missing "Rock of Ages" meant we did not achieve our goal of seeing every nominated show before we went to the Tonys! Hopefully this year, Danielle will stay out of the theatre and we will see everything before the Tony Awards in June.
Allow us to digress. We don't just "see" theater. We experience it. We have opinions about the seats. We are 5'7' and 6"2" respectively and not every seat in every theatre lends itself to an enjoyable experience. We rate every theater. After all....there is acting and then there is air conditioning. Acting and air conditionig are very much alike you know. Too much or too little can ruin an evening. Especially too little air on a very hot summer night.
Mix that with a Wall Street wunderkind sitting next to you checking his Crackberry and we get crazed. Even Jeff . . . who should find a Crackberry Anonymous Meeting sooner rather than later NEVER touches his phone before intermision. Either of his phones. Nor would either of us allow our phones to disturb a performance by Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig.
When a tourist from Idaho sits behind us cracking her gum and continually asking her hubby "What does that mean?" we get very cranky. But we endure all because we love, love, love theater.
Our friends begged us to blog about our theater going. So here we are.
Disclaimer #1: We NEVER read reviews before we see a show.
Disclaimer #2: We don't care what critics say.
Disclaimer #3: What we write is strictly a reflection of our own opinions.
We intend to blog after every show we see this season. However, there's no need for us to go backwards because you can rest assured we will do an entire season recap before we go to the Tony's in June.
We'll be at the Golden Theater on Tuesday to see Oleanna - so check us out on Wednesday, November 25th. Please have as much fun as we intend to have.
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