A Date with Myself and the City

I was fortunate enough to see three works of theater this week.

At the Actor's Equity Building, they often receive an allotment of free tickets for Broadway and off-Broadway shows. This was my first time taking them up on that offer. I snagged tickets for That Championship Season featuring Kiefer Sutherland and Chris Noth among other large "names," and Cradle and All at the Manhattan Theater Club.

I was most impressed by the theater I saw as apart of a night of new musicals sponsored by the National Asian Artists Project, which on of my friends had written.

Out of three productions, Broadway, Off-Broadway, and ... new.... I was only deeply emotionally effected by the new piece of theater. Although the actors were still reading from music stands and there was no set, their performances were the most honest and touching of the week. Far superior to their professional and commercialized counterparts.

My friend, Katelyn, succinctly describes this in her new blog. She describes the current state of mediocrity on Broadway; the casting of fame over talent, and making theater into a "showy" experience, not an experience of catharsis. It wasn't until this week that I can say that I am afraid this is true....