You're gonna be bothered by how cool I am.

Thanks to a generous fairy godmother, I was able to attend the opening night of Equus at the Broadhurst Theater. Most of what follows is for people who have already seen the play, and it may not make sense if you haven't. If you want to read some more review-y type comments of mine about the play, I posted a pretty lengthy review here. It's part of a larger post in a larger series about my trip to London last year, so just scroll down until you get to the scan of the program. :)

The short version of my perspective on tonight is that it was incredible opening night. There were glitches, obviously, as it's the first performance, but everyone I heard on the way out was completely wowed. There was a standing ovation - a very loud one, but perhaps that was because the theater is relatively small.

A few caveats:
* It has been over a year since I saw Equus at the Gielgud, so my memory of details you might want to know are less than stirling.
* I tried to look for things that I remember were important to people, but there are going to be things I forgot to look for or forgot to include here. Still, if there's something you're curious about that I haven't detailed, leave a comment and I'll do my best to answer.
* This was a first performance of several 'preview' performances, and there will probably be some tweaks before the play officially opens in a few weeks. So some of what I observed might be obsolete by that time.
* There was an article/interview with Dan and Richard in the Playbill. I am not near my scanner right now, but I will scan and upload it as soon as possible. There's not much that we haven't heard, but there is SOME new stuff - like Richard saying that Alan is oddly the one person Dysart feels he could take to Greece who would understand.

( Bear me away! )


Okay, shocolate, you can breathe now. :)

Thanks to a generous fairy godmother, I was able to attend the opening night of Equus at the Broadhurst Theater. Most of what follows is for people who have already seen the play, and it may not make sense if you haven't. If you want to read some more review-y type comments of mine about the play, I posted a pretty lengthy review here. It's part of a larger post in a larger series about my trip to London last year, so just scroll down until you get to the scan of the program. :)

The short version of my perspective on tonight is that it was incredible opening night. There were glitches, obviously, as it's the first performance, but everyone I heard on the way out was completely wowed. There was a standing ovation - a very loud one, but perhaps that was because the theater is relatively small.

A few caveats:
* It has been over a year since I saw Equus at the Gielgud, so my memory of details you might want to know are less than stirling.
* I tried to look for things that I remember were important to people, but there are going to be things I forgot to look for or forgot to include here. Still, if there's something you're curious about that I haven't detailed, leave a comment and I'll do my best to answer.
* This was a first performance of several 'preview' performances, and there will probably be some tweaks before the play officially opens in a few weeks. So some of what I observed might be obsolete by that time.
* There was an article/interview with Dan and Richard in the Playbill. I am not near my scanner right now, but I will scan and upload it as soon as possible. There's not much that we haven't heard, but there is SOME new stuff - like Richard saying that Alan is oddly the one person Dysart feels he could take to Greece who would understand.

( Bear me away! )


Okay, shocolate, you can breathe now. :)

Part 1 - The Philadelphia Story
Part 2 - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Part 3 - Indulging in Equitation
Part 4 - Light the Kettle!
Part 5 - By the Power of Grayskull!

By this point in my vacation I was starting to wind down. I made the further mistake on this last day in London of wearing the wrong hosiery with the wrong shoes, which led to lots of wrong-rubbing and blisters, which did not wait until the end of the day to manifest. In fact, by about noon, my dogs were already ... barking.

Nevertheless, it was one of the better days I spent in London.

( Shopping, Peter Pan, and ZOMG Alan Rickman! )It's good to be home, and I'm not even thinking yet about when I want to go back...

But I most certainly do want to go back.

Part 1 - The Philadelphia Story
Part 2 - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Part 3 - Indulging in Equitation
Part 4 - Light the Kettle!
Part 5 - By the Power of Grayskull!

By this point in my vacation I was starting to wind down. I made the further mistake on this last day in London of wearing the wrong hosiery with the wrong shoes, which led to lots of wrong-rubbing and blisters, which did not wait until the end of the day to manifest. In fact, by about noon, my dogs were already ... barking.

Nevertheless, it was one of the better days I spent in London.

( Shopping, Peter Pan, and ZOMG Alan Rickman! )It's good to be home, and I'm not even thinking yet about when I want to go back...

But I most certainly do want to go back.

I think my previous post was my "Order of the Phoenix" of posts about my London-cation. :P There's still a lot to say, but perhaps not SO very extensively as Thursday. Also, there are more things I'd like to say about Equus in these posts, but I figured I get the "review" out of the way while talking about the first viewing.

( Relocation, Ogling Arm Hair, and Jason Isaacs' Sexy Stage Voice )


Tune in next time for worship in a famous cathedral, the best cop action movie EVAR, and a little adventure on the Tube.

I think my previous post was my "Order of the Phoenix" of posts about my London-cation. :P There's still a lot to say, but perhaps not SO very extensively as Thursday. Also, there are more things I'd like to say about Equus in these posts, but I figured I get the "review" out of the way while talking about the first viewing.

( Relocation, Ogling Arm Hair, and Jason Isaacs' Sexy Stage Voice )


Tune in next time for worship in a famous cathedral, the best cop action movie EVAR, and a little adventure on the Tube.

WARNING: This post is heavily laden with pictures and therefore not friendly to dialup users.

Also, while I do know a bit more about movies than the average person, most of the movie facts listed in the "walk" details are not from my own head but from Kim Newman's. In fact, I have seen almost none of the films associated with the listed locations (though several of them are now in my Netflix Queue). Just wanted to give credit and set the record straight before someone thinks I'm a pompous blowhard. :P

( Murder, Meetups, and Mental Illness )


Tune in next time when I move out of the cupboard, get quite close to Dan Radcliffe, and watch Jason Isaacs point a gun at a dumb waiter.

WARNING: This post is heavily laden with pictures and therefore not friendly to dialup users.

Also, while I do know a bit more about movies than the average person, most of the movie facts listed in the "walk" details are not from my own head but from Kim Newman's. In fact, I have seen almost none of the films associated with the listed locations (though several of them are now in my Netflix Queue). Just wanted to give credit and set the record straight before someone thinks I'm a pompous blowhard. :P

( Murder, Meetups, and Mental Illness )


Tune in next time when I move out of the cupboard, get quite close to Dan Radcliffe, and watch Jason Isaacs point a gun at a dumb waiter.

The less said about my trip home the better, so I'll just leave you with the tantalizing fact that I was in the same Equus audience last night with...

Alan Rickman. That is all (for now).

Major travel journal post(s) in the works, complete with pictures. I can't face it right now, though. I had a great time, but it's good to be home. :)

Now ... Pirates trailer? 784 pages?

The less said about my trip home the better, so I'll just leave you with the tantalizing fact that I was in the same Equus audience last night with...

Alan Rickman. That is all (for now).

Major travel journal post(s) in the works, complete with pictures. I can't face it right now, though. I had a great time, but it's good to be home. :)

Now ... Pirates trailer? 784 pages?