well, i haven't posted anything here in a while, due to tech week of Noises Off, which opened on Saturday night. it's a brutally exhausting show, with gallons of sweat and lots of panting, frantic running around up and down stairs. but based on what we've heard not only from our friends in OpenStage who were there at the opening night party, but also from our free student night audience on thursday and our corporate night audience on friday, it was all worth it. anytime you have a hot girl (hello, Nikki :) running around in her underwear and, ahem, a hot guy (hello, me lol) dropping his pants on stage, you're bound to get some kind of reaction.
but the laughter seemed genuine, and all the last-minute panic of wondering if i would remember all my entrances and exits, all my sardines and letters and costume changes and pants-droppings evaporated when i heard the house getting into it whole-heartedly. it is truly an amazing cast, and an amazing director, judi allen, who somehow kept her cool during the rehearsal process as she put up with all of us cracking up and forgetting even the simplest shit. "where are we?" indeed.
if i had been in her shoes i would have plucked out my own eyes long ago.
anyway, for a fun, silly night of theatre, you could do worse. it's running friday and saturday nights at the lincoln center through december 1 with some sunday matinees thrown in.
hope to see you there!
--kjb
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