Friday, August 27, 2021

Making Sense and having a Good Show seem to be tough right now

Broadway and some amazing off-Broadway theaters (I'm looking at you Vineyard) are ramping up to  live plays. But not really ones I want to see.

You see, many of the early shows are one person shows.

I do not like one person shows.

Don't get me wrong, they can be great. The  CAN BE is the important part of that sentence. They can be, but they usually are not. Buyer and Cellar is excellent. Lackawna Blues is supposed to be excellent. But generally they fall into childhood trauma or female sexual awaking. Sometimes both in 1 show.

I have heard enough talk of trauma and more than enough talking vaginas for a lifetime.

Personally, I am afraid that these shows are being popped back just in case Covid comes back and they aren't allowed to be in person. One person shows probably stream better. I don't know as I refuse to stream theater anymore, except the National Theater from England and the Mint Theater here which show the stage plays filmed at the time in a fantastic manner.

So, yes Theater is slowly coming back. But not at full strength or fully committed.  And that seems like probably a good plan, cheaper production costs and risk. and there is a risk; there are opening week tickets for shows that have been sold out for years. So the tourists are coming in. It makes it easy for me to get good seats, but not good for Broadway.

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