#1
Posted: 11/3/06 at 12:20am
Well...three weeks ago I saw GREY GARDENS and I had a seat in the balcony. I was also the first in line to get into the theatre. So I go up to the balcony and the usher seats me. Now I'm all alone up there with him (but there was also a tent with the lighting designer and stage manager).
Anyway, he is seating me, gives me a playbill, compliments me on my clothes, then starts to leave. Then he says "oh! I have something for you..." and this is starting to get shady. I begin to think he's hitting on me when he tells me that I get a "free pin." I chose the one that says "I sliced my life and licked the knife."
I think the producers (or whoever thought this up) was very smart in doing this. I put mine on and went to Roxy's after the show. I saw others with their buttons on and we talked about the show. Others at different tables overheard our discussions and would ask about the show. It created a nice conversational buzz. Plus it was a nice memento of the show that's cheap for the producers to produce.
The only thing that still bugs me to this day..."I sliced my life and licked the knife" was never said nor sung in the show....where did they get that from?
ANYWAY - what do all the other buttons say?
Anyway, he is seating me, gives me a playbill, compliments me on my clothes, then starts to leave. Then he says "oh! I have something for you..." and this is starting to get shady. I begin to think he's hitting on me when he tells me that I get a "free pin." I chose the one that says "I sliced my life and licked the knife."
I think the producers (or whoever thought this up) was very smart in doing this. I put mine on and went to Roxy's after the show. I saw others with their buttons on and we talked about the show. Others at different tables overheard our discussions and would ask about the show. It created a nice conversational buzz. Plus it was a nice memento of the show that's cheap for the producers to produce.
The only thing that still bugs me to this day..."I sliced my life and licked the knife" was never said nor sung in the show....where did they get that from?
ANYWAY - what do all the other buttons say?
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
