| Perfection? Yes, perfection. A night at the theater | | | | going to is some distance away, that's fine, since |
| has the potential of approaching absolute | | | | most shows last long enough to be worth the |
| perfection. The reason is simple. Theater is | | | | travel. Maybe get drinks or dinner beforehand. |
| something that just about everyone can identify | | | | Then head to the theater and take in the venue. |
| with, get lost in and enjoy. A live theatrical | | | | Many theaters are gorgeous, with ornate |
| performance is like a movie on performance | | | | architecture and interesting and unique |
| enhancing drugs. You'll be effortlessly drawn into a | | | | configurations. Grab a drink at the bar in the lobby |
| live show like water is soaked up by sand. | | | | and then find your seats. Get comfortable, strap |
| Obviously the better the production, the better | | | | yourself in and ready yourself for an experience |
| the night will be. Las Vegas or Broadway shows | | | | like no other. |
| are the creme de la creme. What many people | | | | When the lights go down and the curtains go up, |
| don't know is that a wide array of Broadway | | | | you and your theater-mate will be magically |
| plays tour across North America. So if you live in | | | | transported to another place and time and you'll |
| or around a big city, check online to see if one is | | | | forget about anything that was on your mind |
| currently showing near you. You can also learn | | | | before. Movies have a way of doing this too, but |
| which shows are scheduled to stop in your city in | | | | professional plays achieve this in a much more |
| the near future. Some of the most popular | | | | profound way. The music is live, with the |
| Broadway hits are now on tour and showing in | | | | orchestra pit directly in front of you. The actors |
| large cities like Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, | | | | are right there, generally a stone's throw away. |
| Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Toronto or | | | | And the changing lights and stage sets have a |
| Vancouver. | | | | way of rapidly altering your consciousness in a |
| Men and women can enjoy plays and musicals | | | | way that moves you deliberately through a story |
| equally. Theater is not exclusively a feminine | | | | to achieve the most intense experience as |
| affair, contrary to what some may think. I know | | | | possible. |
| a dock worker who is a "man's man". He used to | | | | There's usually an intermission when you can go |
| make fun of musicals, claiming that going to a | | | | for a stretch out in the lobby, briefly gather |
| show was not very masculine. He then attended | | | | yourself and discuss Act I. Then back to the |
| The Jersey Boys musical, a hot new Broadway | | | | show for the Act II and the finale. |
| play about Frankie Vallie and The Four Seasons, | | | | So if you want to have a unique evening out with |
| and found himself deeply moved by the | | | | a friend or date, a time that you'll both equally |
| experience and has since been two more times. | | | | enjoy and remember with a smile, buy a couple |
| If you want to do something unique and | | | | of tickets to the theater and let a cathartic show |
| memorable for an evening with a friend or date, | | | | whisk you away for a night you won't forget. |
| the theater is the perfect idea. You can plan your | | | | Indeed, a night at the theater can be a perfect |
| entire night around the show. If the show you're | | | | evening for anyone. |