The Elephant in the Room

One of the great things about living in the big apple is all of the wonderful theatre opportunities.  Yes, New York has amazing musicals and I love going to see the big Broadway shows, but there are also a lot of smaller shows and venues that play some pretty interesting things.  Unfortunately, it is sometimes difficult for me to convince my friends to go see a show with me that is a little less known or more obtuse.  I totally understand this, it's hard to shill out money for something you've never heard of or heard anything about before.  Personally, I sometimes like to see some of these lesser known shows, especially when there is something connecting me to it.

In this instance, I found out that a friend of mine was involved in a production called The Elephant Room and I decided it looked fun.  So on Sunday I decided to take myself to see a show!

The show was written by and about these magicians.  I guess the premise is that these magicians are showing off their office where they work out their tricks.  It was a very tongue and cheek approach to big time illusionists, so the magicians wore crazy outfits and would wander around the stage and pose and generally be very silly while pretending to be serious.  They did some smaller slight of hand tricks, but not a ton of larger illusions.  So while it was entertaining, it really wasn't the best magic I've ever seen.  The show was definitely one of those out there kind of shows, but all in all it was a fun afternoon.

The theatre space was pretty interesting too.  The theatre is called St. Ann's Warehouse and it is indeed just that, an old warehouse.  So the lobby is this big open space and the theatre itself is a small black box theatre with risers to put the chairs on.  I think it sits less than 150 people.

The theatre is in Brooklyn, which I think is known to be a little bit more artsy and hipstery than some of the other Burroughs.  Actually right across from the theatre, I thought there was an interesting art installation piece.  From what I read basically this guy chose a color (from the hexadecimal color system for those where this means something) for how he was feeling every day for a certain period of time.  And then they put it up in a timeline of sorts.  You see a little bit of everything in NY I suppose!

The beginning of the art piece with the explanation

The continuation of the art piece.  I'm really not sure how far it wraps around

And on a completely unrelated note:

My roommate made Baklava this weekend!  This isn't like normal Baklava apparently because the inside doesn't have nuts, which is awesome for me!  It was very very tasty :)

mmmmmmm

Nature in New York DOES Exist!

I went for a walk with my roommate today and we went to Morningside park and the dog park and there were soooo many beautiful flowers out!  I couldn't help but take a million pictures.  And I think they turned out rather well considering I took them with the camera on my cell phone.  So anyway, this proves that there is indeed nature in NYC and it can be beautiful :)

No Regrets Here

So I'm finally getting around to posting about the show I saw last weekend!

I ended up going to see a new play called Regrets.  It was basically about this place in Nevada where in the 1950s guys went if they wanted to get divorced.  I'm still a little hazy on why this was needed for a divorce, but I also haven't bothered to do much research into it.  There was, of course, also a side plot about communism.  Basically the reason I ended up wanting to see it is that Alexis Bledel was in it.  Basically I know her from the tv show Gilmore Girls (she played the daughter Rory).  She actually had a surprisingly small part in this play but the play itself was really interesting and the other actors who were in it were fantastic.  The set was also really cool in that it was made to look like rural Nevada so there was actual sand and grass and stuff on the ground and they had a campfire that had a real fire in it.

There's an interesting kind of behind the scenes video of the play:



I've decided I need to start seeing more plays. I do enjoy the occasional play, I think I just end up getting caught up in the glamour of musicals.

Speaking of plays, I'm going to see another play tomorrow!  And someone I know is in it!  So that should be pretty fun.  I couldn't find anyone to go with me to this one, but I still wanted to see it, so I just decided to take myself out to see a show.  How's that for empowerment?

Cupcakes!

Well I don't really have anything exciting to share.  I haven't done a whole lot recently except work.  My friend came down from Rhode Island to visit me last weekend, so that was a lot of fun.  We had a Target adventure along with my roommate and I was able to get everything I needed.

Mostly I felt like sharing a photo that a friend of mine posted on facebook.  I think it's a true sentiment.  Plus I found it amusing.

I'm going to see a show on Friday so I'll update then! :)

I'm unpacked!

Yes, that's right!  I have finally unpacked all of my boxes and organized my room.  Basically yesterday was an extremely productive day and I feel good about myself.  Today my plan is to do laundry, go grocery shopping, and then I'm not sure what else.  Maybe I can find something fun to do, we'll see.  Well, I don't really have anything else in particular to mention, so I'm going to get my day started.