A few weeks ago I told Melanie I wanted to take her out on a weekly Date Night. We usually go out two or three times a week anyway - sometimes just us and sometimes with friends - but I wanted to plan something each week like I would if we were still dating. I thought it would be fun to go during the week and we agreed on Tuesday nights with Wednesdays if Tuesdays didn't work. The rule was I'd pick the place.
We've done three or four things and they've been fun, but this Tuesday I took her to a production of Gilbert & Sullivan's "Utopia, Limited, or, The Flowers of Progress."
Yikes.
It was uptown on 104th & 5th at El Teatro El Museo Del Barrio, a nice theater in a museum/performance space, but wow what a fantastically lousy and amateurish production.
During the first act I'm thinking, there's no WAY Melanie is enjoying this. I couldn't wait for intermission to ask if she wanted to leave. She did.
We felt like two kids skipping school. I don't think I've ever walked out on a show before, but it was so worth it. We went home and watched TiVo and that saved the evening.
I'm loving this. Even if the event turns out to be a bomb, we're sharing in it together.
Here are some shots of the theater. When the show started I realized I could take pictures of the production, but there was no point...
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