We decided to check out a new place near the theater for dinner. We went to a place called Simply Home, which serves Thai cuisine with a bit of a twist. The restaurant is small and cozy but modern at the same time (check out the link). We loved the feel of the place and the food was great too. Toby had the great idea (insert heavy sarcasm here) to order a bottle of wine. A bottle. I said "can we really drink a bottle of wine?" (We only had about and hour and a half until the show and well, we all know about my tolerance levels). But we got the bottle. The wine was delicious but we didn't even come close to finishing it. I swear, it was the neverending bottle of wine. We finally gave up and left it. It was a good thing we had the wine though because we were going to need it for what came next.We walked to the Lincoln Theater, arriving about 10 minutes before the show was supposed to start. We had our tickets, which I had bought online and printed. At the top of the printout it clearly states: "This is your ticket." However, in the fine print below, it says that it's not actually a ticket but needs to be traded in at will call for your real ticket. Well, everyone attending the show thought it was their ticket so there was a line around the block of people trying to get their "real" tickets. Reminder: 10 minutes until showtime. The theater manager was walking around and we asked him what was wrong with just using our printed tickets(they had a place to be scanned and everything) but apparently that was just pure craziness speaking. By about 8:30 (30 minutes after showtime), people were getting downright angry and wanting their money back because there was no estimate of when we would get in (the line was crawling). So at about 8:35 they get the brilliant idea to just let people use their printouts! Craziness! This was one of the most poorly managed events I've ever seen. The theater/web ticket buying service obviously messed up in their handling of the printouts but the manager wasn't smart enough to adjust to the situation until 35 minutes after the show was supposed to start!
So we finally got inside, relieved that at least we were out of the cold and ready to see the show. They were handing out gift bags so we got them to see what was inside. There were a few different little give-aways but the main item was a book- an erotica novel. Um, what am I supposed to do with this??? Don't answer that. Moving on.........
When I bought the tickets, I was impressed with their online ticket-buying system because you actually get to see a picture of the seats in the theater and which seats are available. So it's a lot nicer to pick your tickets than say, Ticketmaster, where you just have to hope that what they give you is the best available. Well, the site was apparently a little misleading (big shocker after how well they handled the printing and will call process). We got balcony seats, about three quarters of the way back according to the picture on the site. Well, once we were actually in the theater we found our seats were really the last row before the back wall of the theater. Seriously, this was the view from our seats and the junky trash behind us. Classy.
Disappointing to say the least. We couldn't even see the stage! At all! To top things off, the air wasn't working and it was HOT in there. Things could only get better from this point, cause they certainly couldn't get any worse.
Thankfully, it did get better. For some reason, no one was in the front row of the balcony, so once the show started, we were able to move there. We had an amazing view of the stage and the show was really funny. REALLY FUNNY. Every woman should see this show. It's a collection of monologues written by different women about their experiences in regard to their vaginas. I know that sounds odd, but it's really insightful about the way women and their sexuality are viewed in the world.
The women in the show are volunteers and the money raised from the event goes toward helping in the efforts of V-Day. Since I can't say it better myself, here's the paragraph taken from the V-Day site about the purpose of V-Day. Please check out the site: V-Day It's a great cause.
"V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sexual slavery."
So all in all, despite our many mishaps of the evening, we had a really good time and the show was definitely worth seeing. V-Day happens every year around Valentine's Day and I urge all of you women to go and see this show in your city if you haven't already.
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