Ok, not really, but 10 points to the first person that can tell me the reference.
Remember how I didn't get enough sleep in Newport? Well, I made up for it today. Totally crashed last night and slept in quite late. I figure it was about 11 hours of sleep. So needed. Then I relaxed for a good part of the day. I did venture out at one point for Starbucks and Thai food with my friend that I'm staying with. But then we came back to the apartment and I took another nap. Good times.
The one big event of the day going down to Broadway to see Matilda. It was nominated for a bunch of Tonys and won a few and I was excited to see it. So my review? Well, the good first: the set design was INCREDIBLE. Seriously - so inventive, so creative, so visually interesting. There was one scene in the first act with letter blocks that was amazing with the way the set design and choreography and song lyrics worked together. I loved it. Now, for the rest of it. Well....I was underwhelmed by a lot of the songs - I found them hard to follow or boring. I thought the sound design was way off - I couldn't hear certain people singing at times when I was supposed to. The lighting was ok, but at times overdone. Casting for the most part was good. The parents I both disliked, but that's due to the characters rather than the actors. They did what they could with those roles. It was a good show for the audience it's marketed towards, but I'm not that audience. There were some high schoolers in front of us that were super annoying. It was like they had never seen a show before, which I realize is a possibility. But they were overly amazed by everything and were jumping around in their seats constantly - so distracting.
After the show, we went out for a late dinner at a great restaurant participating in Restaurant Week. Had some great Pinot Noir, oysters, beet salad, cheese ravioli, and chocolate raspberry ice cream sandwiches. So yummy!
On the subway back to the apartment, I saw someone I knew from Austin theatre. I didn't say hi cause I wasn't 100% sure it was him and he had on headphones, but yeah, it was him. This makes the 3rd random person from my past that I've run into/seen. First was a friend from Dell in Seattle. Then in Newport, I saw a girl I went to high school with. And tonight, this guy from Austin theatre. Such a small world.
Tomorrow, we're going to do a volksmarch and then go to a Yankees game. Looking forward to it.
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