Well, the theatrical quotient over here at The Jon Blog is as high as ever. Last night was Strauss' "Salome" at the Met Opera. Sadly, it was the only performance at which Karita Mattila, who got rave reviews for her performance, did not appear. Still, Sue Patchell is a lovely singer and she did quite a nice job.
Tonight, I will Shakalala again at Bombay Dreams, although this time is the new Broadway version which has been, we are told, revamped by such talented folk as Thomas Meehan and David Yazbeck to make it more palatable for American audiences. (Translation: to dumb it down.)
Tomorrow night is a fancy dining experience (note that the restaurant I will go to was referred to in the sushi article in the previous post).
Saturday, I'm going to see First Lady Suite with Mike. I was inspired to buy tickets for this after reading Brantley's glowing review. Very odd to me that Brantley would actually write a glowing review of La Chiusa's work, although we all know that Brantley's true nemesis is Jason Robert Brown. Why doesn't Ben Brantley ever have a kind word to say about JRB?
Anyhow, that's what is currently on the plate. Well, that and being annoyed by Condi Rice and all the partisan BS surrounding her testimony to the 9-11 commission. Ugh. Let's not go there, ok?
Posted by Jon at April 8, 2004 12:49 PM | TrackBack