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Tab-ow!

Well, thanks to Mike having a friend who had to go out of town at the last minute, I got to see Taboo last night at the Plymouth Theatre.

Jesus, why can't they ever have a decent show at the Plymouth? The only shows I remember seeing there are "Jekyll & Hyde," the terribly misguided production of "Bells are Ringing," "The Graduate," and now, "Taboo." [OK, on checking the Plymouth's history at ibdb.com, I forgot about "Long Day's Journey..." but I never saw "Thou Shalt Not." Actually, take a look at it - there were a lot of great things that debuted at the Plymouth!]

After the show, well, Mike and I chatted briefly about it before trudging home in the snow. Overall, I think we agreed on a lot of the issues of the show. He's written a much better review cum blog entry than I ever could about the show, so go read what he said, and yes, Mike was right when he described the part I liked the most.

I spent more time bitching about the lighting design than he did. Then again, unlike Mike, I studied lighting design in grad school and tend to overly focus on technical elements - especially during bad shows when you actually have time to watch for stuff like that. Plus, I think that Natasha Katz is a pretty overrated lighting designer. Her designs for "Aida" really lacked the subtlety that lighting should have. Jules and Peggy? Please help us out here... [And did you ever realize that Natasha spelled backwards is Ah Satan? I did... and accordingly had to name a my car-at-the-time Natasha.]

After our chat, in snowy Times Square, I was actually contemplating walking the whole way (30ish blocks), but decided that was not a good idea, so I took the good old F Train and walked home the 5 block from the station.

In other news, this is sad and funny at the same time.

Posted by Jon at January 28, 2004 10:48 AM | TrackBack