Bridge and Tunnel
I spent this past weekend in NYC, hanging with family and enjoying the weather. It was a chill weekend -- it's always good to get away for a few days. Good perspective. Now what does one do when in NYC? Ask almost anyone and you'll get a variety of responses, ranging from "go see a museum" to "ooohh...there's this one greek restuarant that's really good, but I can't remember where it is". Great.
However, I guarantee that "Go see a Broadway show" will be a popular answer. And so, of course, I made an effort to go see a Broadway show. Well, to be completely honest, my brother purchased the tickets, and I kinda went along for the ride.
It's called 'Bridge and Tunnel', performed by Sarah Jones. It's just her up on stage, and she spends about 90 minutes going through various different personas -- from an old Polish Jewish woman to a young black man named Rashid. They all have one thing in common: they're all immigrants. And that's the theme. It's a show about immigrants (legal and illegal, i suppose) and how they cope with living in NYC.
There are two things which made this show really worthwhile for me. First was Sarah's amazing ability to morph herself into various characters. Within seconds she changed from an old Mexican man to a muslim woman, and then again to an 11 year old schoolgirl. Her accents were great, her little phrases thrown in from different languages were authentic and well spoken. It was really quite an impressive acting achievement. The second part that made it worthwhile was that it helped me with perspective. After seeing the play you walk down the streets of NYC, and you start to wonder at the stories that lie behind each face you pass on the street. You wonder what, if they had their 10 minutes on stage, they would say. If they could write a poem, would it rhyme? Little things like that. It's a good performance that makes you think about it afterwards.
I also did other random stuff in the big apple. Saw a comedy show (decent), paid a lot for taxi's (expected), learned the subway system (sort of), and ate at a fancy restaurant with great food (unexpected but good). And now I'm back. Ready for the sunshine to hit the bay area, and get out climbing.
If anyone happens to want to join, or want to learn, just drop me a line.
I spent this past weekend in NYC, hanging with family and enjoying the weather. It was a chill weekend -- it's always good to get away for a few days. Good perspective. Now what does one do when in NYC? Ask almost anyone and you'll get a variety of responses, ranging from "go see a museum" to "ooohh...there's this one greek restuarant that's really good, but I can't remember where it is". Great.
However, I guarantee that "Go see a Broadway show" will be a popular answer. And so, of course, I made an effort to go see a Broadway show. Well, to be completely honest, my brother purchased the tickets, and I kinda went along for the ride.
It's called 'Bridge and Tunnel', performed by Sarah Jones. It's just her up on stage, and she spends about 90 minutes going through various different personas -- from an old Polish Jewish woman to a young black man named Rashid. They all have one thing in common: they're all immigrants. And that's the theme. It's a show about immigrants (legal and illegal, i suppose) and how they cope with living in NYC.
There are two things which made this show really worthwhile for me. First was Sarah's amazing ability to morph herself into various characters. Within seconds she changed from an old Mexican man to a muslim woman, and then again to an 11 year old schoolgirl. Her accents were great, her little phrases thrown in from different languages were authentic and well spoken. It was really quite an impressive acting achievement. The second part that made it worthwhile was that it helped me with perspective. After seeing the play you walk down the streets of NYC, and you start to wonder at the stories that lie behind each face you pass on the street. You wonder what, if they had their 10 minutes on stage, they would say. If they could write a poem, would it rhyme? Little things like that. It's a good performance that makes you think about it afterwards.
I also did other random stuff in the big apple. Saw a comedy show (decent), paid a lot for taxi's (expected), learned the subway system (sort of), and ate at a fancy restaurant with great food (unexpected but good). And now I'm back. Ready for the sunshine to hit the bay area, and get out climbing.
If anyone happens to want to join, or want to learn, just drop me a line.
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