Theatre: A Noise Within 2023-24 Season

This season I bought flexpass tickets that I could use to attend any show and I used all but one ticket. I like A Noise Within because they go above and beyond with their theatrical design and I really appreciate that most of the house seats offer great views and the productions often use the space of the theatre to expand the stage.

The Bluest Eye

Based on the Toni Morrison book, The Bluest Eye is a sad story made beautiful and worth experiencing through a quality production and acting that was emotionally intense and angst-filled. 

I saw this with the Parental Units and we ran into my boss. 

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
I was really excited to finally see this musical play live and on stage and I was not disappointed. Away from Tim Burton's workshop, Sweeney Todd includes much darker and sinister themes. 

In this production the actor who played Mr. Todd played a far more miserable version than Johnny Depp. Easy enough. The actors who played Mrs. Lovett and the sailor had amazing voices. I really loved the set design. The cast had to do some improv, when for some reason the wheeled piano almost fell while they were moving the stage around. Most of the audience didn't catch it, but some, including myself, caught it and it was great to see the actors improv around the situation. I saw this with my best friend. 

King Hedley II

ANW is helping me work my way through August Wilson's Century Cycle. I have previously seen Radio Golf and Seven Guitars there, so I was not going to miss King Hedley II, which is supposed to be kind of a spin-off from Seven Guitars and had some of the same actors.

Not all the acting was good, but the acting that was good really made the show. 
I saw this with my best friend and we ran into an old friend of mine from Puerto Rico. We accidentally got great seats right in front of the stage because of a ticket mix-up and had rubber mulch kicked at us.

Misalliance
Wordy! Too wordy repetitive and with excessive soliloquies, which I believe, is a quality of George Bernard Shaw, but not one that I like. The set was dressed so beautifully and detailed and I was with such good company it was worth the experience. The actors were great and their styling was well done. A great production but a so-so play.
I saw this with the Foodie Librarian.