During our most recent major snowstorm I had matinee tickets to see Time Stands Still at the Friedman Theatre. I was super excited for this show, mostly because of its outstanding cast. I was a little bummed to have tickets during the snowstorm, though, because there were so many other fabulous deals that day because everyone stayed home due to weather.
the trickery of the modern city's use of tall buildings clad in glass reacts in a way of mimicking what's around when the glinting sun reflects against them. In some cases it's the precise color of the sky and an almost seamless transition to camouflage the building as fellow clouds, most especially fantastic on those gray days.
This play is a multicolored fractal. If you like intellectual plays where the microcosm is deftly tailored with the macrocosm, and involves time travel from the 17 century to the 21st century with a return and repeat, this is for you. The play takes the Gunpowder Plot in England where anarchists attempted to blow up the House of Parliament, and asks what would a leading playwright do with such a true story. The playwright uses the Gunpowder Plot to make a statement about terrorist plots and torture, posits what makes a human being, while also delivering a poig
I never do this on a Friday, gathering myself up and head off to a concert or play or anything because I am usually blasted from the week, and Fridays are usually punishing. This Friday I went to a concert to hear Richie Havens at Carnegie Hall. When people get elderly and are still performing I go and it was worth the effort to see him live and hear live music. It was however, the wrong venue, and despite spoiling for box seats, which are actually a rip off , the ambience of the performance was destroyed because I was near the exit door.