Death Defying Acts in Havana
Went to see this Aumentare production last night and quite enjoyed it. The story lines were good (but what would you expect from Woody ALlen, David Mamet, and Elaine May?), the casting was good, the acting by Liz Iversen, Renee Bucciarelli, John Burnside, Andre Fex, D. Neil Mark, Odessa Shuquaya, Christopher Pearce, an Gemma Isaac was good, and the direction by Lynna Goldhar Smith was, as usual, good. Well, good is an understatement, but today I’m tired of cliched superlatives. Let’s just say I’d definitely go back. It was a solid performance, and I spent a lovely evening completely distracted from an otherwise all too stressful life.
The pre-show dinner at Havana was lovely, as well. The restaurant was busy, busy, busy, and though we got there just before 6:00, we were out a few minutes before showtime. We had dinner with two other couples, and everyone seemed to be very happy with their meals - in fact, everyone tucked into dessert, which is rare to see these days. I had lovely steamed shellfish in a curry broth, which was a good choice - see, no gratuitous cliched superlatives.