Emojiland
One of the good things about having to come down to San Jose this week was that it gave me the opportunity to see one of the final performances of Emojiland, which runs through Sunday.
I initially worried that I was going to miss the show, because when I went out to catch the light rail train, it turned out that they were kicking everyone off the trains because the line was closed at First and Brokaw Streets, where an idiot driver had turned down the railroad tracks rather than onto North First Street. I walked to the next station in the hope that they might be running trains from there. As it happens, while I was walking to Metro/Airport, a tow truck managed to get the stuck car off the tracks and rail service resumed, and I made it to the theatre before they started seating people.
For tonight's performance, all attendees were upgraded to VIE (Very Important Emoji) status, getting a small goodie bag that included this crown (prince emoji) and other doodads. there were also cupcakes at intermission, but they ran out before I could get one.
The characters of the play are emojis within the operating system of a phone, and while that doesn't sound promising on its surface, it really was quite entertaining. The cast had lots of energy, and the performance was fun and entertaining. Once again, as every, I've never attended a 3Below (or its predecessor, the RetroDome) performance that disappointed.
I was also pleased to be able to talk for a few minutes with Shannon and Scott Guggenheim, part of the ownership/management team of the theatre. I'm honored to be classed as one of their "Super Fans," and was happy to be able to make another one of their shows. I'm sure that if I'd not moved to Nevada that I would be here more often; indeed, I would probably have signed up for one of their acting workshops they periodically offer just to see what it was like.
The only bad part about attending the show (and making a wrong turn that cost me 15 minutes waiting for the next light rail train back to the hotel) is that I"m now going to get less than three hours of sleep until I have to get up and get ready to go home. Thanks to the way the schedules work, I have to be on a 4:30 AM bus out of San Jose Diridon if I'm going to catch the train back to Reno. There's no public transit at that hour, so I have scheduled a Lyft ride to the station for 4 AM. At least there shouldn't be any traffic.
I initially worried that I was going to miss the show, because when I went out to catch the light rail train, it turned out that they were kicking everyone off the trains because the line was closed at First and Brokaw Streets, where an idiot driver had turned down the railroad tracks rather than onto North First Street. I walked to the next station in the hope that they might be running trains from there. As it happens, while I was walking to Metro/Airport, a tow truck managed to get the stuck car off the tracks and rail service resumed, and I made it to the theatre before they started seating people.
For tonight's performance, all attendees were upgraded to VIE (Very Important Emoji) status, getting a small goodie bag that included this crown (prince emoji) and other doodads. there were also cupcakes at intermission, but they ran out before I could get one.
The characters of the play are emojis within the operating system of a phone, and while that doesn't sound promising on its surface, it really was quite entertaining. The cast had lots of energy, and the performance was fun and entertaining. Once again, as every, I've never attended a 3Below (or its predecessor, the RetroDome) performance that disappointed.
I was also pleased to be able to talk for a few minutes with Shannon and Scott Guggenheim, part of the ownership/management team of the theatre. I'm honored to be classed as one of their "Super Fans," and was happy to be able to make another one of their shows. I'm sure that if I'd not moved to Nevada that I would be here more often; indeed, I would probably have signed up for one of their acting workshops they periodically offer just to see what it was like.
The only bad part about attending the show (and making a wrong turn that cost me 15 minutes waiting for the next light rail train back to the hotel) is that I"m now going to get less than three hours of sleep until I have to get up and get ready to go home. Thanks to the way the schedules work, I have to be on a 4:30 AM bus out of San Jose Diridon if I'm going to catch the train back to Reno. There's no public transit at that hour, so I have scheduled a Lyft ride to the station for 4 AM. At least there shouldn't be any traffic.