Broadway Roundup, Part 1

Would have liked to write one post per show, but I know I'll never end up posting if I wait until I feel like actually doing that. So here is a recap of all the shows I've seen on this trip so far. I used the OBSSB (Official Broadway Scoring System for Blogs) so were complicated calculations for all of these numbers! I want to see a lot more stuff so there will definitely be a Part 2!

PLAYS 




Race
http://www.raceonbroadway.com

Alan Shore in the flesh!  +40
David Alan Grier  +20
Robert something?  +20
Kerry Washington  +20
The promodizers in Times Square wearing little red sequined dresses  +15
Even if they keep talking about it, the little red sequined dress never actually appears in the play!  +15
The floor of the set was diagonal, actual upstage and downstage!  +40
Great writing...  +30
...that has to be delivered perfectly, like the lines have a rhythm  +30
A handful of really racist hirits!  +20
James Spader signed for autographs and posed for a picture!  +40
Total: +290

God of Carnage
http://www.godofcarnage.com/home.php

Lucy Liu  +40
Jeff Daniels  +40
Janet McTeer  +40
Dylan Baker  +40
Dylan Baker's cellphone  +20
Clafouti  +10
Spewing puke  +20
Coffee then rum  +30
Jeff blows up  +30
Janet blows up  +30
Lucy blows up and throws tulips around the stage  +30
It could be a joke, Two couples discuss a fight between their sons, one who has lost two teeth...  +20
Everyone shifts teams at least twice  +20
They're in one room the whole play!  +10
Our unfortunate animalistic tendencies  +20
Total: +410

Red
http://redonbroadway.com/

Alfred Molina  +100
Doc Ock in person!  +5
Finger rubbing guy in Raiders in person!  +15
Can I say Alfred Molina again?  +10
Eddie Redmayne  +60
Eddie Redmayne who took a photo with me after the show  +20
Super harsh American accent for English Molina  +5
An awesome show with just two characters  +40
An awesome show that happens in just one room  +40
Alfred Molina again.  +25
Mark Rothko's studio  +40
The flecks of red all over the stage floor  +10
Pulley system to change paintings  +10
Canvas priming, canvas frame-making  +10
The running water  +10
The painting scene  +40
Depiction of Rothko's preferred lighting  +10
Record player and music  +10
I wish I could remember some lines to quote! Quotable lines  +20
Anti-Pollock quips  +10
Anti-Cubism quips  +10
Anti-pop art quips  +10
Not selling out!  +20
Fear of being irrelevant  +10
Artistic temperament  +10
An artist's self-doubt  +10
An artist's insane idealism  +10
An artist's ego  +10
Total: +570




MUSICALS

A Little Night Music
http://www.nightmusiconbroadway.com/ 


Starpower! Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury in one show +70
Angela Lansbury stole the show with lines about conquests in earlier years with princes, czars, etc! +15
Catherine's stage presence and for tearing up while singing "Send In The Clowns" +10
Finally know where "Send In The Clowns" is from +5
Tickets through student discount, and eventual seating in about the 12th row +20
Good ensemble all around +20
Catherine signs autographs after the show +30
But doesn't pose for pictures -20
Show was sort of boring... -30
Super annoying actress who played young Anne -20
Total: +95

Next to Normal
http://www.nexttonormal.com/home

Wow where to begin?
J. Robert Spencer, who played Dan the Dad  +30
Louis Hobson, super gwapo shrink, etc +20
Kyle Dean Massey, who played Gabe  +30
Morgan Fahr, who played Natalie (she's the understudy but was awesome!) +35
Adam Chanler-Berat, who played cute, cute, super Jewish Henry, be perfect for me! +35
Alice Ripley oh my god! No wonder she won the Tony  +60
Major plot reveal / exposition (no spoilers :) in the middle of the firs act! I did not see that coming  +40
Strings and rock!  +40
Band in the visible multi-layer wings  +20
Three-level set with graffiti eyes, screens, stairs, etc!  +30
The set has a pole that the actors swing around!  +10
Lights!  +20
Diana: And you're not a scary rockstar anymore!  +15
Diana: Valium is my favorite color!  +15
"Goodbye Henry..." (Hey #1, #2 & #3) +20
"I Am the One"  +25
"I'm Alive"  +25
"I Am the One" (Reprise) +20
All the other songs +100
Next was awarded the Pulitzer for Drama on the day I watched! +40
Student discount! +20
The first super contemporary musical I've seen / really liked +40
Student ticket price!  +20
Anthony Rapp at the show! With picture!!! Maaaark!  +30
I didn't get to watch the Gabe who was on Gossip Girl!  -15
Super sikip seats... -10
Alice Ripley didn't come out for autographs -15
Total: +700 (Yes, I really liked it)

Fela!
http://www.felaonbroadway.com/
Sahr Ngaujah, who played Fela  +80
Sahr Ngaujah, who played Fela and played the trumpet  +20
Sahr Ngaujah, who played Fela and played the trumpet, and played the sax!  +25
Fela's powder blue long-sleeved button-down shirt, powder blue pants, powder blue shoes! Act I +20
Fela's pink long-sleeved button-down shirt, pink pants, pink blue shoes! Act II +20
Fela's mama  +20
All the guy dancers  +40
Guy who kept tapping!  +20
All the girl dancers  +40
Insane Afrobeat band!  +40
Drums  +30
All of the music!  +100
No cast recording... yet  -10
Fela: Welcome na da Shrine!  +20
The neon pink insert in the Playbill that gave a background of Fela Kuti  +20
Student ticket price!  +20
Insane dance that didn't look choreographed  +30
Costumes  +20
Set design that extended all around the theater  +40
Moving stairs, falling nets, super 3D stage design  +30
Two disco balls!  +20
Same theater as Spring!  +10
Multimedia! Screens all over  +30
Black light!  +30
Audience singalong!  +30
Audience dance lesson (1, 4, 9)  +25
Interactive theater, the lights never went completely dark in Act I  +30
Story went time warp but wasn't confusing  +20
Deconstructed theater, part story, part concert  +60
Everybody say YEAYEA! +40
Total: +920 (Hmm I was very generous with the points! But I really loved this. See why!)