My former Cape Town flatmate Sam came to visit me from Ft Lauderdale where she now lives and, as per the usual visit-from-Sam ritual, we decided to go see something fabulous on Broadway. The nature of New York’s Broadway scenes is such that you truly can go see a new show once a week and never run out of options – it’s amazing.
The press has been rampant with reviews (both good and less good) of ‘ASteady Rain’, a new play with a twelve-week run featuring Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) and Daniel Craig (Bond, James Bond). It’s not easy to get tickets for this show, but Sam used her whit and charm (and flirted shamelessly with the ticketing agent) and secured us two amazing seats in row H, right in the center of the row. After a quick brunch yesterday morning, we made our way down to West 45th Street and got in line to grab our seats.
I was glued to my seat and the 90-minute performance (featuring only the two actors and minimal stage props) went by in a flash. A Steady Rain tells the story of two Chicago cops who are lifelong friends and their differing accounts of a few harrowing days that changed their lives forever. It was fantastic! And yes, Hugh Jackman is even more beautiful in real life than he is on stage. Daniel Craig is also quite the looker, but has grown a mustache for the play which is somewhat less becoming…
At the end of the play they auctioned off their (unique-to-this-show’s-sweat) undershirts at $4,000 each to raise funds for Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS and they were selling a photo opportunity with the two of them at $1,500 each. (Never had my credit card burnt such a hole in my pocket, I’ll tell you that!).
Hugh Jackman coming out of the theater (Blue cap & scarf on the right).