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I don’t recall if the Tony Awards have ever been at the Beacon Theater before, but they are there this year, and I plan on not leaving my apartment for the rest of the day (I’m about 3 blocks away). These tents have actually been up for a week, and they’ve got barricades everywhere, and some (crazy) people have already camped out with folding chairs to watch the festivities. I sure hope no one was planning to go grocery shopping at Fairway this evening!

I was a last minute substitute for my dad, who had the flu, but I got to see A Behanding in Spokane the other night, and it was both awesome and awesomely creepy. As befits any play starring both Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell. And a missing hand.

Went to see Race last night. As with everything by David Mamet, it was both fabulous and fabulously uncomfortable.

So, instead of sitting at home tonight watching a bunch of Pennsylvania primary results that ultimately leave us in exactly the same place we were yesterday, I opted to go see a new Broadway show, Passing Strange.

Definitely the right choice. This ranks right up there with the best shows I’ve ever seen. The music made me want to get up and dance, the humor had me laughing out loud, and the drama brought tears to my eyes. I’d see it again in a heartbeat. It’s technically a musical (and I hope it wins the Tony after years of Disney-fied crap), but it’s really more of a rock spectacle, charting the progression of “youth” as he tries on a host of different personae while trying to figure out who he is. It’s apparently based on the life of the writer/composer/narrator, Stew. I just marveled at how he could perform this show for 2 and a half hours every night, since he’s in every single scene.

I’m glad it’s a hit.

New York Times Review – Passing Strange.