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Happy | Oct 10 2006

I’m going to a show tomorrow. I mention this in part because I don’t go to many shows these days. In fact I can’t think of the last show I went to.

Okay, I just remembered: it was Letter Purloined.

As much as I enjoyed Letter Purloined, the seats were uncomfortable, or I was uncomfortable sitting, and this more than anything is what I remember about it: being uncomfortable.

Actually, no, this isn’t true: I remember how the actress who played the queen/psychiatrist would say uh-huh, and the way the king would recite his poetry, his hand cupped over the crown of his head, and many other things as well—enough to choke a horse, if a horse could swallow memories—but my point is that I rarely go to shows and yet I am going to one tomorrow.

Nearly everything about this show makes me happy. It is one of those things you know you will love and cannot wait to have happen, except that, in another sense, you don’t really want it happen, because then it will be over and you will no longer have it to look forward to.

Anyway, if you’re around tomorrow (around meaning: in New York City and otherwise unoccupied), you should join me. The show has a highfalutin title—Inquiry Towards the Practice of Secular Magic—but don’t let that fool you. Here’s all you need to know:

Wednesday, October 11, 7pm
Pioneer Theater
East 3rd Street (between Avenues A and B)
More info

Please note: The show includes the three-minute film, Michael Barrish Screen Test, which, despite my previous vow to the contrary, I have decided to see.