March Reflections
Doing
Dragging out winter
We didn’t get a real New York winter this year - it barely snowed, it didn’t stick and it was not even that cold (can you tell I’m a winter baby?) which sucked. So the one day I woke up to fat snowflakes I declared it a snow day - this meant lights off, working while watching the snow and of course hot chocolate with marshmellows.
Getting super into breakfast
I was planning on perfecting a Dutch baby this month but the brioche at Trader Joe’s was calling my name. This has definitely been a bread heavy month but this brunch is the sweetest I go in breakfast foods (more of a savory gal).
Picking up guitar
I used to take guitar lessons when I was younger and loved it! My instructor started picking up gigs and I never got a new one (shout out to my parents) but now that I am an adult I can do whatever I want so I have decided to pick it back up. Learning something I am not naturally good at is a struggle for me but the joy I feel when I get something right is totally worth it.
Reading
This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan
All I could do was try to picture a young Mark Ruffalo (who originated the role of Warren) be an awkward little teen. This was a really good play - I also liked the moments of forced vulnerability and defeat those were very nice. I wasn’t totally blown away by it but I think that’s because I’ve read a lot of plays about angsty teens who do drugs.
Juste la Fin du Monde by Jean-Luc Lagarce
My mother got me the student study version of this play which I found to be actually quite helpful. Jean Luc Lagarce is one of the leaders of contemporary theater and learning about his life and works before even reading the play contextualized what was happening in the plot and helped the language (which is quite poetic) make much more sense.
Anna by Ella Hickson
Wow wow wow unlike any other play I’ve read - the only thing I can think of that comes close is Balm in Gilead. This play is seen by the audience as centered around Anna - others may have conversations around her but if she doesn’t hear them, neither do we. The only way to see the whole picture is to read the play, which is interesting as most plays are written to be performed.
Seeing
Shrinking
Season 1 of Shrinking has aired! What a shame too because I was looking forward to my scheduled Friday watches. Special shout-out to Michael Urie who is amazing in this show - not to say everyone else was bad, I’m just biased. The plot could have gone really corny really fast but just when it seems to be going in that direction, something unexpected happens that pulls the audience back in.
History of the world
I watched the new History of the World and funny is an understatement. I really enjoyed the educational part of it as well as the not-so-historically accurate parts and the ridiculous bits that kept coming back.
The Seagull/Woodstock
Okay I did technically see this on April 1st but we’re counting it for March. This was a great show that I saw with an unenthusiastic audience. Chekhov is funny by itself but this updated version was hilarious and the Saturday matinee crowd did not get the jokes. Parker Posey and Nat Wolff were absolute standouts and the only critique I have is that it could have been a half hour shorter.