IF AND OF ITSELF - Daryl Roth Theatre

I just saw a performance of IF AND OF ITSELF this weekend, having had no previous knowledge of the show at all, and I have to say it was one of the most strangely entertaining and oddly compelling off-broadway show I had seen in a long time.

It bills itself as a magic-ish show, but really reminds me more of PRIVACY with Daniel Radcliffe at The Public last year. Kind of like a very cool Ted Talk. I don't want to ruin any of the surprises, so I won't go too into detail, but I left the theater completely amazed (and I am a very cynical theatre-goer).

I promise I am in no way involved in the show - I have just always found these boards to be a cool resource for what shows to see and wanted to pay it forward. Its not the cheapest ticket, but definitely try and check it out if you can.

I've been meaning to see this, but I have to say, your comparison to Privacy really lessened my interest. I thought Privacy was pretty bad. How similar is it to Privacy, would you say?

I saw it a few weeks ago and was pretty disappointed, to be honest. I didn't get much out of it. Yeah, the tricks were cool. But the material itself is very sparse. There's a general theme, yes, but not a clear message, and all the stories and monologues don't really add up to something meaningful. It also moves incredibly slowly--I think over the course of the show he did maybe 6 or 7 tricks total.