The tony awards have just been announced this last week and so all of Broadway is abuzz about this show. My mother in law was visiting, and the best thing about visitors is that it's the best excuse to go to the theater. For 1, it's culture; 2, it's Broadway so it's super touristy and everyone expects you to see something; and 3, since you're seeing something with me, it's a better chance that it's good and it's at half off!
Everyone loved this show. It was all about LBJ (Cranston is amazing and should win the tony this year for this role) and I don't really remember much about him except that he became president after Kennedy died. The show took place the minute Kennedy died to the 1 year mark, so pretty much LBJ's campaigning year to become president on his own, and the whole backstory of civil rights for black people, Martin Luther King Jr. being one of the main characters in this show.
I had a hard time staying away but not because it was boring. I was exhausted, but I knew the show was special so after some candy and refreshments I was good. I learned a lot though I can't give you names as I've forgotten many of them. How sad that black people were being beaten up to register to vote. All in all, the show is a little too long, but the material is great and the acting is superb.
We had perfect seats. Row K center section of the mezz. Dead smack in the middle. The seats aren't sloped enough so people have bad sight lines and the seats are very narrow but I wasn't too large for them (I can't say the same for my neighbor who was using part of my seat and was annoyed when I would bump her)
