Tonight we are going to see the One Man Star Wars Show at the Aladdin Theater here in Portland. I'm really interested to see how it can be done, considering SW is a huge story and has many different characters. Is Charles Ross (the writer/performer) going to play all the parts? Have recordings of him playing other parts that he'll play while acting one person out live? Do a series of monologues? It sounds like it's going to be interesting.
From what I've seen online there's been a very positive response to the show. Conan O'Brien, The NY Times, SPIN magazine and a lot of others have praised it. And when I looked up "One Man Star Wars Show" on twitter there was just a long feed of people saying how good it was. I'm not getting my hopes up too much, because I don't want to be let down. In all honesty, I'm not even having to artificially suppress my feelings; I just don't see how a one person show acting out the Star Wars saga could be amazing. But, since I'm going in with that perspective, I will probably be pleasantly surprised.
The doors open at 6PM and the show starts at 7PM. After I get off work at 4:30PM Ill get Robert and me some Baja Fresh, feed the kitties, get the mail, clean the living room, and then when Robert gets home at around 5:25PM we'll be able to head right over. It'll be rush hour time and we have to cross over the entire city, so it'll most likely take around an hour to get there. The Aladdin isn't insanely huge though, so even if we do have seats in the back I'll be ok with that. Either way, it'll be fun to go and see a different kind of show with Robert. Crossin' my fingers that it'll be good!
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