I love doing nothing on a Sunday.
Sometimes it's nice to get lunch and/or go to a movie.
But sometimes it's nice to just lay in your robe all day like a crazy old lady and read, watch my tv, and snuggle with my Mae.
Yesterday afternoon I went to a showing at Mann's Chinese of a production of the play Nation by the National Theater in London. It's part of the NT Live program that broadcasts live performances of whatever play is in their repertory. This happens often with ballets and operas, but it's the first time that someone has broadcast a play, live, to cities all over the world.
It was really wonderful not only experience a play that I otherwise would not have been able to see, (since I don't live in London) but also to be a part of an artistic experiment that connected people from around the world.
This is the second play that has been broadcast, to my knowledge, and so far the response has been so positive that the National Theater wants to do it every month. I can't wait to see more.
The quality of the acting was really among the best I have seen, with really interesting choreography and music. It's based on a children's novel and was very movement-based, which always wins points with me. Movement-based children's theater is probably my favorite kind of performance because you so thoroughly have to suspend your disbelief and just jump in with them. And it takes a whole new level of commitment from the actors.
I will definitely be back to the NT Live program.
xo
p.s. In memory of the great J.D. Salinger, my favorite quote of his:
"If a girl looks swell when you meet her, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody."
