ONE MAN TWO GUV'NORS

We went to one of the funniest plays ever today. We had decided, based only on the fact that the lead actor James Corben, got a Tony, that we would try to get tickets for One Man, Two Guv'nors. Then, as we were standing in line for tickets, I saw that it was an English farce and I started to have my usual reservations about it, because sometimes I think they are really strained, and I often can't tell the players apart. Because of that, we decided to take the sort of crappy half price tickets they offered us. This was funny in itself, because the half price tix turned out to be box seats and were quite good.

And the play was so funny that I had tears running down my face. Partly because it blended asides of talking to the audience (like in a play) but then the audience really got into it and the exchange between the actor and the audience was hysterically funny. And then there was a part where they dragged two men onto the stage and did a really funny bit, which turned out to be a setup for later when they apparently dragged another audience member up on the stage, and who I "bought" as an embarrassed audience member for a good ten minutes until they doused her with a fire extinguisher, and only then did I realize she was an actress. And they had a four piece band that started out as real rubes and ended up sounding like the Beatles by the end.

That's mostly all we did today, though unfortunately we got caught in the rain and had to seek refuge in a bead store --poor me. We did take a little stop at Times Square where a bunch of people were waving at a camera so we joined them. There's a little white circle around us, but it's kind of hard to see. We fixed dinner at home tonight, and Martha has a group that is working on reading early notation tonight. They invited me to join, but I wisely declined, since Martha always sings my praises about how wonderful I am at things, and it's much better to allow that fantasy to stand than participate and make Martha look bad for her mistaken opinion. So we're in the basement doing some laundry. Not sure what we will try to do tomorrow, but it will be very low key because John is already in going home mode for Friday.