Daniel Radcliffe - Equus - 10/03/08
I watched Equus again last night. Yes, it was still small, but I still loved it.
Richie couldn't make it due to traffic, so I had to scramble to find a "replacement date". I called Xeno! Woohoo! It seemed that she had a great time. I was happy to watch the play with her.
Unfortunately, this was the worst audience that I had been in ever. Cellphones were ringing all throughout the evening, it was unbelievable. Even after repeated announcements during intermission to turn off cellphones, not just put it on vibrate, cellphones still went off ringing! Could you believe that? Who are these people? Also: there was non-stop coughing in the audience from beginning to end. It was so distracting. The theater is not the place to cough. It was insane. Beginning to end. The worst audience ever.
It also didn't help that our seats were not as good as I hoped they were. We were in the back orchestra and we could hear all the ushers whispering, footsteps, candy wrappers, etc. etc. etc. It was a bad night, really.
As far as the performance was concerned, it was not as intense as my first viewing, and not as heavy, surprisingly. I think when you know what the play is about, it doesn't seem so serious.
Afterwards, I discouraged Xeno to wait by the stage door because there were so many people (and so she has a reason to come back the next time). However, my brother (who also watched last night) waited for me by the stage door, so I ended up taking video of Daniel Radcliffe when he left the theater. (Sorry Xeno! At least I know "where" to wait now.)
I'll probably watch the play one more time and that's it. I heard that some guys have been watching this play almost daily -- and that totally freaks me out.
Also, I was really tempted to take a video/picture of the "moment", but the ushers were in full force before the nudity so I chickened out. But the way the audience was so rude last night, I almost didn't care. Thank god I still had a little bit of self-respect. LOL
Go Daniel Radcliffe!
Here I am being a Rickeyrazzi!
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