Landmark Theatre, Richmond, VA.
I think this building was built in like 1744 when people's legs were about 3 feet shorter, because my knee caps were firmly jammed against the seat in front of me, and I had to remain perfectly still (i.e., no stretching, no turning, no readjusting, no breathing) for fear of whacking the person next to me in the eye. Also, the woman behind me had the equivalent of Santa's sleigh bells strapped to her arm, and was constantly jingling all the way even after I told her that Christmas was not for another 9 months.And last but not least, it was about 7 billion degrees inside the theatre. Which means that chances are, at least of few of the 3500+ audience members would probably realize they had forgotten to put deodorant on that morning.
But!
It was UH-MAY-ZING.I was overwhelmed by the experience from start to finish (I was even able to tune out the sleigh bells after awhile and stopped noticing that my legs had gone to sleep.) The music was spectacular, the costumes were incredible, and set was striking. We had a FANTASTIC time!
