i very was very excited to see David Tennant in Don Juan of SoHo tonight, and arrived at the Wyndham Theatre suitably early after a delicious dinner at Patara.

how odd that when i arrived to the theater the House Full sign was out front and the hordes of people usually milling about before a show were nowhere to be found. “hurry” the doorman said to me, “they may not let you in!” what?? how can that be, i’m SO early.

well, had i been there last night, the night my ticket was actually for, i would have been early, but tonight was Press Night, start time at 7 PM, and the show…..SOLD OUT.

shit.

i’m only here for one more day with an evening event tomorrow and there isn’t a matinee. how did i mess this up?? it’s David Tennant. F&#@!!

jetlag? no theater on Mondays in the states? kept thinking during the entire trip Tuesday the 27th? whatever the reason, i found myself in a lobby of a sold out show, with an outdated ticket. nobody’s fault but my own. sigh. so i made a joke to the box office about my monetary contribution to London theater, while trying not to cry, and headed out.

i tell my sad little story to the doorman in front of the theater, we have a good laugh and i start to cross the street to find a glass of something before i head back to the flat. i’m half way across when i think, maybe, just maybe, they will have a seat at intermission i could take……not all the press could possibly show up.

i smile and ask the nice doorman if he thinks i could get in at intermission. he says to check inside, they’d have to answer that question. i go in and walk to the box office where two smiling people greet me and hand me a ticket. really?! for me?!  awesome!

i was in the balcony, not the orchestra and i had to stand the first half, but who cares….i was in!

thoroughly entertaining show.  i liked the adaptation, and it was well acted. David Tennant made a good Don Juan, terrific timing, although i had a hard time separating him from the Doctor at times. i’m sure that will be the case in any role he takes. side note, why didn’t he play Hedwig?? anyhow, good cast, Stanley was excellent, good use of multimedia and some cool effects, wasn’t crazy about the set, musical numbers were fun and choreography was fine, over all nothing spectacular, not a must-not-miss show, but i saw it, and that’s what counts.

a BIG thank you to the lovely Wyndham Theatre box office staff for being very kind to a usually overly organized, well planned (but not tonight) tourist.

image courtesy of londontheatre.co.uk