sold out

I’m tired of doing nothing waiting for Monday when I can wash my hair.

It’s too hot to hang around outside.

I don’t’ want to be in or near any stores where I could be tempted.

There are no movies I really want to see.

If I’m going to go to a museum, I’ll go during the week when it’s not that crowded.

So what can I do? 

Well, there is a play I want to see but it’s sold out for the entire run.  I decide to go anyway and hope someone cancels.  The last time I did this was in 1999, and the play was Bash by Neil LaBute.  It worked out well.  I got a ticket, and still remember every one of the play’s three, very-dark vignettes.  

I arrive an hour before curtain, and end up talking to an interesting woman who is a playwright, novelist and is also waiting for a cancellation.  We both get seats.  Mine is fourth row, dead center.

The play, A Kid Like Jake, centers around a four-year old boy (unseen on stage) and his parents’ attempts to get him into a top NYC private school.  That the young boy likes to wear dresses and prefers being Snow White to a skeleton for Halloween adds to the family’s anxiety.  Though it drags a little, the dialogue rings true and the four actors are all fabulous.

And, at $20 a ticket, it’s a nice way to spend an afternoon on a sweltering summer's day.