A Gorgeous Spring Day...
...in the dead of winter! Today's weather was so strange! It was the most beautiful, sunny, breezy day out. Terrific day for a picnic or to puruse the city. But it's the middle of January! We should have 3 inches of snow on the ground and temperatures in the twenties. Instead, people walk around in shorts sans coats! It's so bizzarre, yet kind of nice. Next year we must be prepared for an insane winter. Damn you El Nino!
But anyway, life has been going on. Yesterday was a rushed day as I spent most of it downtown running miscellaneous errands and so on. The Business District is a very hip place. I've been there several times before, but yesterday it seemed uber-alive. And I notices quite a few shops that I'd overlooked there before. People walking around in their business couture from one high-rise to another. Cars, busses, and cabs all trying to squeeze down the streets at once. I love the city. Later on in the evening I ventured down to the Arena Stage to see Noises Off. I hadn't been to Southwest D.C. so far, and needless to say I was surprised by it. It's not that nice of an area, and I was depressed to see the outside of the Arena Stage blend in to the bland urban landscape so non-challantly. I mean, Arena is a world famous, Broadway-show-making theatre. Actors such as James Earl Jones started off shows there. And today it continues the legacy. Just a month ago Three Parts of Desire landed there after it's hit off b'way run. So a landmark such as this deserves more pomp and circumstance than the crummy neighborhood and boring, ugly building in which it currently resides. With that being said, I do beleive that Arena is currently working on building a new theatre (as is every other theatre company in D.C.). This makes me more glad. The show, Noises Off, was extremely funny. A talented ensmble of actors with many, many Broadway, tv, and movie credits to their names, made this show enjoyable to watch. They must be very trained and focused to pull of this show night after night, and the coreography that went into some of those scenes! I could only imagine how tedious rehearsals must have been. One thing did irk me about the play though. It was a script issue, in a good way though. Throughout the pre-show bits and rehearsals during the play I couldn't help but to feel very stressed as if I were a part of the show myself. Perhaps because of my career in the theatre. But anyway it worked and the show was good.
Now I'm off to return a movie to Blockbuster, get something for dinner and enjoy a long night of TV and my two consectuive days off! I love D.C.
But anyway, life has been going on. Yesterday was a rushed day as I spent most of it downtown running miscellaneous errands and so on. The Business District is a very hip place. I've been there several times before, but yesterday it seemed uber-alive. And I notices quite a few shops that I'd overlooked there before. People walking around in their business couture from one high-rise to another. Cars, busses, and cabs all trying to squeeze down the streets at once. I love the city. Later on in the evening I ventured down to the Arena Stage to see Noises Off. I hadn't been to Southwest D.C. so far, and needless to say I was surprised by it. It's not that nice of an area, and I was depressed to see the outside of the Arena Stage blend in to the bland urban landscape so non-challantly. I mean, Arena is a world famous, Broadway-show-making theatre. Actors such as James Earl Jones started off shows there. And today it continues the legacy. Just a month ago Three Parts of Desire landed there after it's hit off b'way run. So a landmark such as this deserves more pomp and circumstance than the crummy neighborhood and boring, ugly building in which it currently resides. With that being said, I do beleive that Arena is currently working on building a new theatre (as is every other theatre company in D.C.). This makes me more glad. The show, Noises Off, was extremely funny. A talented ensmble of actors with many, many Broadway, tv, and movie credits to their names, made this show enjoyable to watch. They must be very trained and focused to pull of this show night after night, and the coreography that went into some of those scenes! I could only imagine how tedious rehearsals must have been. One thing did irk me about the play though. It was a script issue, in a good way though. Throughout the pre-show bits and rehearsals during the play I couldn't help but to feel very stressed as if I were a part of the show myself. Perhaps because of my career in the theatre. But anyway it worked and the show was good.
Now I'm off to return a movie to Blockbuster, get something for dinner and enjoy a long night of TV and my two consectuive days off! I love D.C.
posted by ~chase at 2:50 PM
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