Weekend Part 3

Last Sunday was Superbowl Sunday. I forgot that( I like football) when I agreed to go with a friend to see Noises Off at the Geffen Playhouse.

It was an absolute delight.  The play is a British Farce, complete with people coming in and out of doors in split second timing.  The play is in three acts, a not-so-wonderful troop of actors is rehearsing a play in the first act and it all goes sideways.  The second act is behind the stage, where you see the play, father along in the run, where the relationships between the actors and the director have gone totally off the rails, but they are committed to getting the show on. The third act is an attempt to put on the play one final time.

The actors were wonderful.  I was HOWLING during the second act, where the actors, mindful of the play going on on the other side of the wall, express their feelings silently but LOUDLY with their facial expressions and pantomime.

Great play , just what I needed, to laugh like that!

We went to dinner afterward- Chris' back is still out AND my car is in the shop (yes AGAIN) So he picked me up and we went to a place I had heard raves about but have never gone, Versailles. It's Cuban food and YEARS ago there was this great place in NoHo- the name escapes me and it is gone now anyway- The specialty of the house at Versailles is garlic chicken, but I make that myself and and I remember loving the Cuban version of Arroz con Pollo at the place in NoHo  I was looking forward to it.  It was.. meh.  I was missing something in the rice and the chicken was way overcooked, almost to the point of dry even though it was cooked in the broth.  I was underwhelmed. 

Still there was enough leftover to make a meal for both me and Chris on Monday, so I can't really complain.  Not a big fan of plantains which were part of the dish.