nevermore

It's been awhile since I last saw a bit of live theater. Maybe even since a trip to New York. WE saw this awesome one man show tonight Nevermore. It's a very intense and fascinating thing and involved a reading of "The Tell Tale Heart" that was spectacularly funny and frightening. Normally I'm not big on the idea of the one person show because what I like about live theater is the interaction, but this was so meta. I really felt caught up in the idea of these shows Poe did and his messy, extraordinary presence. While I had a best a mild appreciation of Poe, this performance made me want to know this story more about the man. It was certainly profoundly more imaginative than any reading of "The Raven" by various teachers during grade school. Haunting, indeed. Jeffrey Combs was a madman in this and worked nonstop for almost two hours, including flinging himself bodily off the stage at one point. It was inspiring and moving and absorbing.

There was no food during the show, so we had dinner at the Highball afterward. Oh delicious ribs with Dr. Pepper & peanuts, you are so messy but so worth the trouble. They also do some fine onion rings and fried shrimp with a really crispy batter. Mike had that bison bacon meatloaf sandwich. My cocktail was excellent, made of gin and ginger ale with fresh mint, lime and ginger. So refreshing and crisp.

I really, really want the Drafthouse to change their specials menu. I'm ready for something new. Also because I hate spaghetti squash and I don't like cheese as a main course so there's nothing fun or new to eat. Every week, I pray they will bring back that fantastic schnitzel on a bun.