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Equus Abridged

By Gil on Monday, Sep 22, 2008 | 3 Comments

It's a real shame that when I went to go see Equus, it was filled with people who (instead of having waited for so many years to see a good professional production of the play like I have) saw it for the wrong reasons.
My verdict in short: click on my ticket stub:

My verdict in even shorter: Equus is either 5 minutes too long, or 5 minutes too short, and that pisses me off for some reason.

3 Comments

Anonymous | September 22, 2008 12:19 PM

I heard Daniel and vernon (forget his name) on NPR. They played an audio clip from the show, and BOY did it sound akward and forced! Still, the thrill of hearing Daniel on the radio won't go away soon enough.

Anonymous | September 22, 2008 3:31 PM

As always I loved your abridged script! People really pulled out their camera phones?? Where were the ushers? They were sweeping the audience for Patti in Gypsy - surprised they weren't at the ready for the magic wand! I must say I'm dying to see this place and am slightly upset that he's in it as it makes getting tickets for it harder.

Gil | September 22, 2008 3:33 PM

I didn't catch people pulling out cameraphones myself. But story goes, cameraphones were pulled out in one of the first previews, whereas in London it never happened.

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