To cap off our crazy Saturday, we hopped in the car and drove to Rochester for the first of the four touring Broadway productions that are in the subscription Todd bought me for my birthday. We had never been, so we were a bit concerned about getting their early enough to find parking.
Turns out, we were fine. The theatre is a gorgeous old grand castle style building in the middle of a ....shady neighborhood in which several people were selling parking. We paid $5 to park in what was the darkest alley I'd been in, but it was practically across the street.
"Don't worry," the guy assured us, "they are turning on some lights."
We laughed and wondered, will the tires still be on the car when we got back?
One of the art deco theatres I LOVE...in better shape than the Landmark. All the plaster was brightly painted and I think it was bigger, too. The place was fairly full, but we were in front of the second balcony almost and that section was not. The seat next to me was empty...that's always so nice.
The show was decent. The music, acting and 1950's costumes were well done. But, it was not particularly special. A kind of done over and over plot about a white guy and a black girl falling in love in the racist south. The ending was not to either of our liking either. But it certainly wasn't bad, just not great. I think the singing was exceptional and upon looking in the program, it wasn't surprising that they were understudies from the original Broadway cast.
There was a bar with snacks, but you couldn't bring the food into the theatre. I wish I knew that before I was stopped trying to go back in with mine!!!
Very nice night out and really enjoyed just doing something with us. Of course, I fell asleep on the way home listening to the soundtrack I bought on the way out the door while Todd had to drive down a very dark 104.... hey, it was LONG day!
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Were you snoring? Cause that is not a sexy way to end your date.
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