The wife's birthday was on Saturday, so I took her to Centro Vintoteca for brunch and Blue Hill for dinner. In between meals, we went to see Spring Awakening, a Broadway show which came highly recommended by friends.
The show was horrible. It was about teenagers dealing with sexual angst in 1890's Germany, yet one of the lead characters sang like he was trying to do a bad impression of Sum 41 or Billie Joe. The set design was hideous and most of the costumes were so bad it was puzzling. I think one male masturbation scene is usually enough for a musical, but this show somehow managed to fit in two scenes with a total of five guys masturbating. The choreography made the cast look like they were being attacked by bees. The show won Best Muscial last year, but I guess that The English Patient won an Oscar so anything is possible.
At the end of the day, the wife said, "Thanks for those two fantastic meals and for trying to take me to a good show."
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