Review Of “Come Fly Away”; Blue Collar Style
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I do not know how many other blue collar type folks would go to a play, musical or dance performance, but I am one of them. This is mostly the result of my wife’s influence who likes to go to these types of things. So this past Thursday I took my wife to see “Come Fly Away“.
The Approach
We had to get a babysitter for our three kids. We left the house around 5:30 thinking we had more than enough time to travel just under 25 miles on freeway. Unfortunately traffic was worse than expected and we did not get to the theatre until 7:00, the show started at 8:00.The Pre-Game Show
For $10 we parked a block away and briefly walked around to look for somewhere to eat. We decided on Chicken Dijon which was directly across from the Pantages. We each had a gyro plate and it was rather filling for the reasonable price of $10 a piece. We had an interesting encounter while ordering. Being dressed up, to some extent, we were asked if we were going to the show, we said we were and then the guy in front of us turns around and says it will be a good one. Turns out the guy was John Selya, one of the performers. My wife commented on his amazing legs after he left. He must have picked up on my trepidation about the evening since he made a point to comment on how there was no intermission and the show was only 80 minutes long.
The Show
I actually did not have any real expectations from this, although I thought it would be like the other shows we had seen in Los Angeles. This means a combination of dialogue, music and dancing. This is not what you get at Come Fly Away. It is all dancing, from start to finish, to Frank Sinatra. Having been forced to watch “So You Think You Can Dance” a number of times with my wife proved to actually be helpful in experiencing the show. I could see how the dancing was choreographed to match the lyrics and mood of the song, to tell a story along with it. (I can’t believe I just wrote that) The live band to accompany the recorded songs was a nice feature. Over all I did like it and would recommend it for others who have thought about seeing it.
The Fait Accompli Standing Ovation
One quibble I have is that people seem willing to give a standing ovations as a matter of courtesy these days. Those who stand up in front of you essentially force you to stand up if you want to see what is happening on the stage, and in this case there was a final dance that you had to stand in order to watch. My wife, having a background in this kind of thing did not stand as a matter of principle since she did not think it standing ovation worthy.The Return Trip
We had a nice quick trip back and was home around 10:00. Overall it was a good date night out for about $300 including the tickets. We have lived out here for just over 10 years and have seen about 5 shows now. My wife really wants to see Wicked and it is coming back in November, so I might treat her to that, stay posted.Related posts:
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Yes–the mandatory "standing ovation", I've had to stand up after some really awful productions because the idiots in front of me were standing. I guess if you think Rap is good music than any semblance to real music would be "out-standing". What have we as a nation become?
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