Broadway Birthday

So I was surprised for my birthday with tickets to see Monty Python's Spamalot. What a wonderful show. On a different level than Evil Dead but in many ways the same. Of course the story was hilarious, and in true Monty Python fashion the show takes many diversions from anything resembling the true story.

All of the famous mini scenes are there, the one notable sections being Sir Bedevere, who's part has changed dramatically from the movie. They have removed the entire witch burning sketch from the musical. I guess they just couldn't come up with a good song featuring a witch (although a good place to maybe make fun of Wicked). They have added the lady of the lake as a character, because (to steal an idea) you won't succeed on Broadway if you don't have a leading lady.

This is a very visual show. I also received the soundtrack for my birthday and while some of the songs were amusing the picture isn't complete until you see they choreography on stage. They whole show just works together.

After the matinee showing we went to dinner at Virgil's and decided while we were in the City we should stop by a few other places and see if we could get tickets. We walked over to The Producers and were in luck they had some center Orchestra seats available. We figured why not, another trip back into the city would just tack on another $100 + bucks to the day so were were in effect saving money by seeing 2 shows in one day. besides we were very energized after seeing Spamalot.

I would like to be able to give the Producers as glowing a review as Spamalot, but I can't. The show was excellent and the actors were very good. But the first act seemed a bit slow. The second act picked up and was much more entertaining. M and I very much enjoyed the show and we are glad we saw it. I'm just not sure we would go see it again. We both commented the for Both Evil dead and Spamalot we would totally be willing to go again Even if we purchased the cheapest seats in the house it would be entertaining to watch both shows again. The Producers while very entertaining didn't strike us as something we would go to again.

The theater was fairly empty, we were surprised when we got there that we were able to get such good seats, but after the show started and the entire row in front of us was empty were were no longer surprised with our "good fortune". During intermission a few people moved around to get better seats so a few chairs in front of us filled in, fortunately no basketball players relocated to directly in front of us.

All in all it was a great second Birthday! Mary and I also took some time in between shows to walk up to see the Christmas tree, and while interesting it seemed as if everyone in NY had teh same idea we did. It was totally packed and that may have hindered our enjoyment.

The good thing is after this trip we both realized thatw e need to get into NY more often to see shows. It is almost too convenient to get there.