John's Birthday 2010

Today I bought playhouse tickets for John's birthday. Although I don't think he reads my blog I'll publish after his birthday. Anyhow, here are the shows I purchased tickets for:

In early September we are going to see High.

PIP synopsis:

Movie and stage actress Kathleen Turner stars in this extraordinary world premiere that opens on Broadway after its run in Cincinnati. Ms. Turner plays the tough-talking and formerly hard-drinking Sister Jamison Connelly. Working in a church-sponsored rehab center, she reluctantly agrees to sponsor a defiant 19-year-old drug user and soon becomes convinced he is keeping a secret that is vital to his recovery. As she struggles to unlock the mystery, she begins to question her own beliefs. This powerful and gripping adult drama explores truth, forgiveness, redemption and the real courage it takes to change."

Ironically, my Cincinnati cousin texted me this evening to see if John and I wanted to see this play with her, her boyfriend and her mom. We may try to go to dinner before the play or somewhere afterwards with them.

At the end of September we have tickets to The Understudy.

This play was written by a local author, Theresa Rebeck and here the synopsis:

bitingly witty and entertaining look behind the scene of the acting world. The understudy gets no respect. The stressed-out stage manager wants him fired. The part he wants is being played by a second-tier action movie star (paid only $2.3 million per picture!) trying to be a "real actor." Their madcap rehearsal exposes all that's brilliant and ridiculous about what really goes on backstage.

Towards the end of October we have tickets to see You Can't Take It With You:

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this American comedy is pure fun. Combine the delightfully eccentric Sycamore family and their daughter Alice with her fiance Tony and his rich, straight-laced parents. Add in a dinner party on the wrong night, and the result is a wildly funny clash of family values in which fireworks erupt - literally! A light-hearted romp about love, family and what's really important in life.

So I believe we will see all of these plays before we travel to China. Right now I think we will get our referral in September, John thinks October, and I bet we travel in November while he's thinking December.

The 4th play we have tickets for (that I won at movie night) are for The Piano Teacher on Friday February 18, 2011. We can always trade these or give them away if think it is too soon for a babysitter. Anyhow here is the description:

The sweet, cookie-loving Mrs. K is the perfect picture of a caring grandmotherly piano teacher. When she decides to look up some of her old students, Mrs K unleashes a dark secret she can't quite understand. Featuring award-winning actress Dale Hodges in a tour-de-force role as the unwitting Mrs K, this cunning play artfully blends past and present to explore the mystery and unpredictability of memory and the human heart.

"An effective chiller, Julia Cho (playwright)has constructed her play with a keen sense of suspense."

The last play we have tickets for is The Pavilion.

Synopsis: Twenty years ago, Peter and Kari were the perfect couple - high school sweethearts and very much in love. When Kari got pregnant, a panicked Peter fled town. Now, at their high school reunion, Peter wants to win her back. He's still in love with her, but ... is she still in love with him? As the night progresses, Peter and Kari spin a tale of what-might-have-been with what-could-be. By turns poetic and comic, romantic and philosophical, The Pavilion has been hailed by critics as "an Our Town for our time."

I bought the seats early so we could get seats with ample leg room for him.

I also bought him some travel accessories (ones he told me he wanted) as well as a Reds video he wanted and a Red 2010 stat book.