and, SEEN!

Indian Princesses (La Jolla Playhouse)

Emily would paddle a canoe for a half hour to see this show. Tyler would give the rental canoe back.

Ja Ja’s African Hair Braiding (La Jolla Playhouse)

We would sit straight in a barber’s chair, getting our hair braided, for 2-3.5 hours to see this show. Disclaimer: Emily is intermittently employed by La Jolla Playhouse. The views expressed in this podcast are not the views of La Jolla Playhouse; they are hers and hers alone.

Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan (Outlaw Music Festival)

Floyd Collins (Lincoln Center, NYC)

We would crawl a football field length down a cold, muddy cave tunnel to see this show.

Gypsy (Majestic Theatre, NYC)

We would ride an old jalopy across the country (and maybe more) to see this show.

Glengarry Glen Ross (Palace Theatre NYC)

We would make between 10 and 75 cold calls to see this show.

double pirouette-stravaganza (Back to the Future, the Musical; North American Tour)

We would like to travel back to the version of our lives where we had not seen this show. https://www.backtothefuturemusical.com

tap dance book report (3 Summers of Lincoln, La Jolla Playhouse)

We wouldn’t march very far to see this iteration of this show. We saw it in previews, so much could change! There is potential. https://lajollaplayhouse.org/show/3-summers-of-lincoln/

community theatre in jokes (Your local theatre presents, La Jolla Playhouse)

We would jazz walk a mile or so to see this show. By Anna Ouyang Moench Directed by Les Waters Christmas, but not as you know it. Leave the little ones at home and gather ‘round for a very Playhouse take on Christmas. Your Local Theater Presents: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Again is a laugh-out-loud funny and heartfelt story for theatre lovers and holiday enthusiasts alike. Eddie is a young actor, fresh out of Juilliard and ready to make his mark on the American Theatre. His dreams are within reach… sort of. First he’s just going to do this regional production of A Christmas Carol. As the years pass, Eddie finds himself back at the same local theatre, over and over and over again. Much remains the same: the play, the stage manager, the green room — though Eddie finds himself in different costumes as he ages through the male roles over the course of his career. Anna Ouyang Moench is not just an award-winning playwright. Her work as a screenwriter includes Apple TV+’s Severance and the second season of the multi-award-winning Netflix show, Beef. Her comedic and incisive style is on display in this moving new play; a love letter to actors, artists and dreamers of all professions who make sacrifices large and small in service of their work… and ultimately wonder whether it was worth it.

Wicked part I

We would ride a hobby horse broom 1 mile to see this movie.