Equus

was superb. I went to see it at the Broadhurst Theatre on W 44th St tonight, sort of spur of the moment. (I bought the ticket online this afternoon because of a student discount email type thing.) My seat was onstage, actually above and behind the stage, which was an unusual vantage point for me, I'm not sure I've ever been behind and looking down on the action before, not that I've been to that many plays. I'm not sure if I would do it again, but it was definitely interesting. Even though the behind-the-scenes stuff was still very much behind the scenes, sitting as I was, looking out at the audience with the actors, made me think of how little I know about theater, about what goes into it, about what it feels like to be a part of, whether one is acting, is on-stage, or one is an usher or in charge of lighting or whatever. At one point Daniel Radcliffe cracked the first two fingers of his right hand, just below me, while his back is to two other characters who are talking, and I half wondered if it was him or the character. Silly, I know, but I become more and more aware of my lack of knowledge about what it is to act.

Speaking of Daniel Radcliffe, his performance was absolutely amazing. Richard Griffiths was also great, the whole cast was, and maybe I don't have enough distance, haven't processed it enough to even write about it intelligently, but I thoroughly enjoyed myself. This going to the theater thing may become a habit with me.